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Farm-Republication

Farmers Frustrated as Fertilizer Costs Soared in 2022

Farmers endured a rough year, but fertilizer companies cashed in.

by Mónica Cordero Investigate Midwest/Report for America
Farm

Meet the Modern Farmer Using New Zealand Pigs to Restore a Former Tobacco Farm

Kunekune pigs are the secret to one North Carolina farmer’s success

by Cindy Whitt
Consumption

Alaskan Salmon Face a Stream of New Mines

Active and proposed mines in Alaska and British Columbia may affect key salmon watersheds.

by Becki Robins
Farm-MTMF

Meet the Maine Teenager-Turned-Landscaper Thanks to Grazing Goats

A love of both animals and cheese inspired the Grazy Goat Girls.

by Bridget Shirvell
Food

To Stop New Viruses Infecting Humans, We Must Protect Bat Habitat

When bat habitats are destroyed, the animals find new places to roost, putting them into closer contact with humans and livestock.

by Alison Peel, Peggy Eby, Raina Plowright
Food

The Great (Sticker Shock) Thanksgiving

This year, birds are smaller, more expensive and in short supply.

by Lindsay Campbell
Consumption

Are Invasive Species Always Bad?

Researchers at Brown University want to emphasize the positive impacts of some non-native species.

by Shea Swenson
Farm-Personal Essay

A Meditation on Slaughter

What raising and harvesting chickens taught me about killing in the service of living.

by Michelle Webster-Hein
Consumption

Cattle Ranchers On High Alert After Longhorned Tick Found in Missouri

Warming temperatures are creating perfect conditions for the disease-causing pest to spread.

by Shea Swenson
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