Farmers enter Paris on tractors in protest at trade deal

French farmers rolled into Paris on tractors Thursday morning in a show of dissent against a free trade deal they fear will create unfair competition. Dozens of tractors arrived...

Farmers should unite to fight unfair trade policies

Anthony Pahnke, Tribune News Service 2025 has been a tough year for farmers. As if the perennial problems of price volatility and changing weather patterns were not enough, the...

Withering roots

Israeli settler attacks have combined with global warming to shrink this year’s olive crop in the occupied West Bank, threatening the very existence of Palestinian farmers on their land....

Bailout package

Water salinity hurting farmers, livestock in Iraq

Iraqi farmer Umm Ali has watched her poultry die as salinity levels in the country’s south hit record highs, rendering already scarce water unfit for human consumption and killing...

‘Farmageddon’ can’t be solved with a bailout alone

It’s harvest time in the Midwest and farmers are bringing in bumper crops of soybeans, corn and wheat. They should be elated. But their best customers are shopping elsewhere...

Can homegrown teens replace immigrant farm labour?

I sank into Randy Carter's comfy couch, excited to see the Hollywood veteran's magnum opus. Around the first floor of his Glendale home were framed photos and posters of...

Farmers protest unjust immigration system

During the Great Depression, my great grandfather and other farmers in Wisconsin organised penny auctions to help prevent some of his neighbors from losing their property to foreclosure. On...

Tajikistan's apricot farmers grapple with climate change

Tajik apricot farmer Uktam Kuziev is worried about the future now that climate change is threatening Central Asia's vital fruit harvest. This is one of the world's most exposed...

America’s wheat growing is on a steady decline

On a foggy morning in May, Dennis Schoenhals drove a carload of crop scouts around the wheat fields of northern Oklahoma, part of an annual tour to evaluate the...