Farmers

When a few agribusinesses have all the power, one choice by them can determine the course of a farmer's entire production. Will 2020 change that?

The announcement comes amid criticism of farm subsidies, which exceed revenue Trump has taken in from tariffs on Chinese imports.

Women and minority farmers and ranchers receive disproportionately less credit than their white male counterparts.

It could be years before farmers see any gains from the rollback of E15 restrictions—or before oil interests and environmental groups see any losses.

Historic flooding this year is setting back planting season. Climate change will force farmers to adjust to similarly brutal weather events in the future.

Many farmers thought that President Donald Trump would be better for their livelihoods than his predecessor, but now they say things have only gotten worse.

Here's we know about women in agriculture in 2019.

Corn and soybeans—the crops that have been hardest hit by the tariffs—are typically used for animal feed, not human consumption.

The photographer lets soil the texture of dry sand slip through his fingers at a farmer's field on April 25th, 2019, near Liebenwalde, Germany.

Six states are restricting lawsuits against concentrated animal feeding operations in ways that will disproportionately affect low-income communities.

And other key takeaways from the latest Census of Agriculture.

A new report finds that racial discrimination within USDA programs is responsible for this decline.

The presidential candidate proposes to fight industrial agriculture through reforms on mergers, checkoff programs, right-to-repair, and country-of-origin labels.

A soybean farmer explains the challenges facing farmers if Trump's trade war continues.

In his State of the Union address, Trump is likely to claim that his strategy balanced trade policy. But the state of the trade war indicates otherwise.

Extreme climate events wreak havoc on agriculture, and farmers are trying to adjust—but entrenched industry and government practices may be holding them back.

Nigeria is facing an escalation in clashes between farmers and herders over land use and resources that is deepening along religious and ethnic lines.

Pakistani farmers use tractors at the Kabul River to pump water used for field irrigation on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on March 22nd, 2018.

A person in a cow costume walks near farmers in their tractors, which block Gustave-Flaubert Bridge in Rouen, France, during a demonstration on February 21st, 2018.

Mexican farmers protest in Mexico City on December 5th, 2017, over land conflicts on the outskirts of the capital.