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Facing low prices for all crops, U.S. farmers eye soy planting expansion

Daily News Lesson October 08 2025

Trump considers $10 billion bailout for farmers as tariffs disrupt the market

Explore how past bailouts and trade wars affected farmers

Farmer harvests winter wheat crop in Oklahoma

Daily News Lesson February 19 2025

Farmers feeling weight of Trump policies with shutdown of aid

Learn how farmers and rural America are impacted by federal cuts to programs like USAID

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Student Voices July 25 2024

Student Voice: How I became an inventor (and how you can, too)

Hear from a student inventor about her path to invention, and why she thinks any student can do the same

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Daily News Lesson June 26 2024

Depletion of major groundwater source threatens Great Plains farming

Learn how climate change is impacting farmers' livelihoods

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Student Voices June 11 2024

Student Voice: A young inventor's "Farmer's Friend" makes farming safer

Student inventor Maia De La Cruz explains her invention to make moving hay easier for farmers

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Daily Video October 08 2015

Why is California sinking? (Hint: drought)

California’s four-year drought is causing the state to sink. Many of the state’s farmers have turned to drilling deeper and deeper down in order to find groundwater for their crops, resulting in a higher risk of flooding.

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