Tag: farmers
‘We’re just trying to adapt’: Coffee farmers face down climate change
SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE, Guatemala — José Marcelino Estrada has spent his life tending coffee. He learned from his father how to nurture its seedlings — each sprout held the promise of a better future. And for decades, coffee delivered. It built Estrada’s home and put his seven children through school, even in lean years when…
Farmers strongly back Trump. A new trade war could test their loyalty
By Scott Neuman Travis Zook grows corn, raises cattle and owns a seed dealership and farm service business in northeast Indiana. He exemplifies some of the mixed emotions that many farmers have when it comes to President Trump. Like more than 75% of voters in rural, farm-dependent counties, the 44-year-old farmer says he cast his…
Labour hopes ‘new deal for farmers’ can reset relationship with industry
Steve Reed to announce focus on making farming ‘more profitable and sustainable’ at Oxford Farming Conference The government is aiming to reset its relationship with farmers with what it describes as a “new deal” for the industry. Farmers have protested in their tens of thousands after controversial changes were made to agricultural inheritance tax and…
Farmers are abandoning their land. Is that good for nature?
By Dan Charles A century ago, a thousand people lived in this village. Today, there are only about 200. People left for jobs in Bulgaria’s cities, or abroad. Their heirs may still own land around the village where crops once grew, or sheep grazed, but much of that land now sits unused. Shrubs and small…
Amid Israel-Hezbollah Crossfire, Fish Farmers Stay Put
Middle East Crisis Israel dispatch The war with Hezbollah has cleared out the north of the country — save for a hardy few and their thousands of prized fish. By Jack Nicas Jack Nicas traveled to the Israel-Lebanon border to speak with caviar producers. He also joined them in taking shelter from Hezbollah fire. Shrapnel…