Category: Farmers

China’s New Pig Farmers Aim to Ride out Boom-Bust Cycle

CHONGQING, China—China’s huge hog sector is struggling with excess production after millions of small, often first-time, pig farmers entered the industry to capitalize on record profits during a swine-fever related shortage. Now, even as prices hover below the cost of production and the government urges them to cull their herds, many of the newcomers are…


Farmers Need an ROI for Precision-Ag Adoption to Grow

By Brian Maxted AgTech. Precision Ag. Farm tech. Call it what you want, but we need more of it if we’re going to meet the challenge of feeding nearly 10 billion people by 2050. Unfortunately, a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service shows we still have a way to…


California’s Drought-Ridden Landowners Turn to Water Witches for Help

As California’s drought continues with no relief in sight, farmers and vintners are hiring water witches to brew up some moisture. “They’re in desperate need…I am in high demand,” Rob Thompson, who uses divining rods to find underground water, told The Epoch Times. “My phone is just ringing off the hook…I’m booked out for about…


Scottish and Northern Irish Ministers Raise Australia Deal Concerns

Rural affairs ministers from Scotland and Northern Ireland have written to the UK government with concerns about the Australia trade deal. In a joint letter to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, the two administrations say the deal risks having a disproportionate impact on domestic farmers and producers. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart,…


White Illinois Farmers Sue Over Race-Based Farm Loan Relief Program

White Illinois farmers is challenging part of the recent COVID-19 stimulus law in court because it allocates federal benefits based on skin color. The civil rights suit, Kent v. Vilsack, was filed in federal court June 7 by Sacramento, California-based Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), a national public interest law firm. Tom Vilsack is being sued in his…


Truss Urges Farmers to ‘Stop Being Defensive’ as She Hails Australia Trade Deal

The trade deal with Australia will act as a “stepping stone” to a wider trans-Pacific accord, Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss said as she rejected farmers’ concerns about the agreement. Truss said the UK is looking at parts of the world where growth is expected in the future as she defended the deal,…


Farmers Sue Biden Administration Over ‘Racist’ COVID Relief Plan

A disabled white farmer has sued President Joe Biden’s administration over his COVID-19 loan forgiveness program, alleging he can’t participate because he is white.


Farmers Have a Lot on Their Plate as Costs, Food Prices Expected to Rise

Canada’s agriculture sector is grappling with soaring demand, rising costs, and a worker shortage while also facing pressure to reduce its carbon footprint.


Rising Food Prices and Operating Costs Are Plenty for Farmers’ Plate

Canada’s agriculture sector is grappling with soaring demand, rising costs, and a worker shortage while also facing pressure to reduce its carbon footprint.


What Farmers Can Teach Us About Finances

Dear Readers: In the fast-paced financial world we live in, with its focus on trading trends, online platforms, and market movements, it’s easy to get lost in the weeds and lose sight of the grounding principles of managing money that are essential to long-term success. So with spring in the air and buds on the…