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Trump, Trade & U.S. Beef: Kevin Kester on Cattle Markets
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Kevin Kester on Cattle, Trade, and Prop 50: Halloween Highlights from the AgNet News Hour
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California Farmers Confront Global Competition and Retail Pressure on AgNet News Hour
The October 28 edition of the AgNet News Hour tackled the global marketplace head-on, as hosts Nick Papagni and Josh McGill examined how trade policy, retail pricing, and foreign imports continue to shape the…
How the Cargill Brothers Built an Agricultural Empire in Iowa
…Over the following decades, their business diversified, adapting to new technologies, markets, and trade networks. Today, Cargill stands as one of the world’s largest privately held companies, involved in food…
How Wheat Transformed Mid-Atlantic Farming Before the American Revolution
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…construction of canals and the introduction of steamboats revolutionized transportation, opening new areas for agriculture and trade. These innovations allowed settlers to move inland, connecting previously isolated farming regions to…
Shannon Douglass Doubles Down on Prop 50 Opposition
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California Raisin Leaders on Trade, Water & Future
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…a more commercialized agricultural economy, where crops were grown not only for survival but also for trade and profit. From Subsistence to Trade Early settlers consumed most of what they…