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Economy

How is ‘new NAFTA’ different? A trade expert explains

Staff Writer - October 2, 2018

Amanda M. Countryman, Colorado State University On Sept. 30, the U.S., Canada and Mexico reached a deal to scrap NAFTA and replace it with a...

Environment

Farmers are drawing groundwater from the giant Ogallala Aquifer faster than...

Staff Writer - August 7, 2018

Char Miller, Pomona College Every summer the U.S. Central Plains go dry, leading farmers to tap into groundwater to irrigate sorghum, soy, cotton, wheat and...

Economy

American farmers want trade partners not handouts – an agricultural economist...

Staff Writer - July 31, 2018

Amanda M. Countryman, Colorado State University The Trump administration plans to give American farmers and ranchers hurt by the current trade war US$12 billion in...

science

Rock ‘n’ roll is noise pollution – with ecological implications that...

Staff Writer - July 10, 2018

Brandon Barton, Mississippi State University Despite being one of the best-selling albums of all time, ideology from AC/DC’s “Back in Black” album has gone unchallenged...

Environment

Rural Americans’ struggles against factory farm pollution find traction in court

Staff Writer - July 2, 2018

Sacoby Wilson, University of Maryland As U.S. livestock farming becomes more industrial, it is changing rural life. Many people now live near Concentrated Animal Feeding...

Environment

Crop insurance is good for farmers, but not always for the...

Staff Writer - June 28, 2018

Don Fullerton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julian Reif, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Megan Konar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Tatyana Deryugina,...

Environment

Why it’s time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

Staff Writer - June 26, 2018

John F. Tooker, Pennsylvania State University Planting season for corn and soybeans across the U.S. corn belt is drawing to a close. As they plant,...