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Farms
High prices: When pigs fly
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 26, 2013
It's been a busy year in the hog market and pork prices are way up.
Chafing at the high price of U.S. wheat
Aug 8, 2013
American wheat growers are facing stiff competition this year from cheaper crops in Romania and the Ukraine.
4 surprising changes on the American farm
Jul 17, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has just released 76 years worth of farming data.
Kevlar finds a new use: Protecting tractors from cornstalks
by
Adriene Hill
Aug 1, 2012
The stalks of genetically modified corn are tough, so tough that they're puncturing tractor tires. Farmers are fighting back.
So you want to be a farmer...
Jul 3, 2012
Thanks to a commodity boom and advanced computer technology, farming is a pretty big business these days -- for some.
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U.N. hopes to limit foreign farmland investment
by
Adriene Hill
Mar 26, 2012
The U.N. wants limits on the amount of farmland foreign investors can buy up around the world. The organization will vote on new voluntary guidelines in mid-May.
Congress considers rules about child labor on farms
Feb 2, 2012
The government was set to impose new rules limiting the work kids are allowed to do on farms, but those rules are being reconsidered after an outcry from farmers.
For public good, not for profit.
Robot tractors. Robot tractors? Robot tractors!
by
John Moe
Sep 20, 2011
What happens when a tractor maker and a robot designer combine forces? Timing is everything on the farm. If you want to get your crops in at the...