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Corn
As prices at the grocery store rise, farmers' costs are up too
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Andie Corban
Jan 20, 2022
Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes paid double for nitrogen this year. Consumers shouldn’t blame growers for inflation, she said.
"A lot of crap has gone down" for Iowa farmer, but it's finally harvest time
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Andie Corban
Sep 30, 2021
April Hemmes had to replant her soybeans after a frost killed them. But they're coming out better than expected, she says.
How some farmers are feeling about Biden's election
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Andie Corban
Nov 10, 2020
Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes says farmers are wondering how quickly Biden will undo some of Trump's policies.
Farming during a trade war
Oct 21, 2019
The loss of soybean sales to China have created a lot of stress, says farmer Blake Hurst.
Making the perfect tortilla
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Daisy Palacios
Sep 23, 2019
At this LA-based tortilleria, there's only one way to make a tortilla: with organic corn.
Limit eased on summer ethanol sales
May 31, 2019
Farmers love it. Environmentalists and gasoline refiners? Not so much.
Waiter, there's corn syrup in my beer!
by
Justin Ho
Feb 4, 2019
Bud Light's Super Bowl ad called out Miller and Coors for using the sweet syrup.
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In the age of climate change, farmers weigh their options for the future
by
Peggy Lowe
Dec 27, 2018
National climate change report says the business of farming could dramatically change if global warming isn’t addressed.
Government aid is coming to U.S. farmers hit by tariff losses, but it probably won’t be enough
by
Reema Khrais
Aug 27, 2018
U.S. farmers who are caught up in the wider U.S., China and Mexico trade disputes are expected to get details today on a $12 billion aid package to help offset the effects of retaliatory tariffs. Farmers have been watching prices drop for milk, wheat, soybeans and more, and they don’t even know how to calculate […]
Farmers are "excited" by the prospect re-entering the TPP
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 13, 2018
Keith Alverson says farmers like him are after the 95 precent of consumers outside the U.S.