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Study: Fairtrade doesn't always yield highest wages

by Mark Garrison
May 26, 2014
A UK report says coffee grown under Fairtrade conventions doesn't always yield the highest wages for farmers.
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A coffee plant disease threatens more than prices

by Noel King
May 19, 2014
USAID today announced a $5 million partnership with Texas A&M's World Coffee Research center to tackle a costly coffee fungus.
 A worker shows a leaf of a coffee plant affceted by Roya, at a farm in San Ramon, a town on the outskirts of Diriamba.
Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
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Drought puts California rice in a sticky situation

by Amy Quinton
Apr 30, 2014
California grows almost all medium grain rice in the U.S. And prices are up.
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Corn farmers eye other crops for next year

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 14, 2014
Corn farmers like Keith Alverson in Chester, South Dakota are readjusting their plans for spring amid dropping corn prices.
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Australia to Archer Daniels Midland: No

by Dan Weissmann
Nov 29, 2013
The Australian government blocks the American food-processing giant from acquiring Australia's biggest grain distributor
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Apps, fancy combines, and big money: The future of farming is now

by Molly Wood
Nov 5, 2013
Farmers in Iowa are using technology to improve their crops -- and their bottom lines.
Ben Albright on his farm in Lytton, Iowa.
Stacey Vanek Smith
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Farming: The next big industry

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Oct 21, 2013
A strong agricultural economy has farming attracting more young people.
Ben Albright on his farm in Lytton, Iowa.
Stacey Vanek Smith
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#harvest13: Farmers use social media

by Molly Wood
Oct 21, 2013
Farmers are using social media services like Twitter to connect with consumers and each other.
A photo of cattle taken by farmer Ben Albright and posted to his Twitter account.
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Farming that puts Google maps to shame

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 5, 2013
Technology that comes from a company in Sioux Falls is helping farmers do more with less in a high-tech way.
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No credit needed at Sunnyside Farm

by Adriene Hill
Aug 1, 2013
One farm lets customers build their own credit through the honor system.
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