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From Kansas to Oklahoma to Iowa, universities are working more closely with agribusiness in search of ways to pay for projects where tax dollars have become more scarce. Critics worry that agriculture schools might focus more on industry than the public interest.
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As the federal shut down continues, plains states could be affected in unexpected ways. Thousands of federal employees have stopped working, while…
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The Amarillo region has now gone 124 consecutive days without any measurable precipitation.And, as The Amarillo Globe-News reports, the drought has left…
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President Trump’s trade agenda may be on a collision course with the interests of his rural voters.A recent Vox article suggested that starting trade wars…
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We’ve heard a lot of talk about how the Rust Belt helped Donald Trump win the presidency. But , as The Hill reports, it appears the Corn Belt may have…
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President-elect Donald Trump appears to be closing in on a choice to head the Agriculture Department in his administration—and a few Texans are at the top…
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Donald Trump’s search for a Secretary of Agriculture is drawing criticism from some important contingents within the ag sector. As Politico reports, it’s…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2016 Farm numbers were released last week. As Farm Futures reports, farm income for 2016 is forecast to drop by…
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The Hutchinson News has published a different kind of Christmas list. This one comes from a farmer in Stanton County, Kansas, and it wasn’t written to…
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Donald Trump won almost every farm state in this year’s presidential election. The electoral map is a wide swath of red, stretching from the Carolinas…