Feb 02 As Europe’s farmers find common cause in grievances, governments race to offer concessions By Derek Gatopoulos, Costas Kantouris, Associated Press Protests have swept Europe as farmers on the continent take their grievances over inflation, foreign competition and the costs of combating climate change to the streets. Continue reading
Feb 01 2 key French farmer unions suspend protests after government offers new measures By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press Farmers have been protesting for days across the country to denounce low wages, heavy regulation and unfair competition from abroad. Continue reading
Jan 31 Former Peruvian intelligence chief gets 19 years in prison for 1992 massacre of farmers By Associated Press Vladimiro Montesinos, the controversial intelligence chief of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, has been sentenced to 19 years and eight months in prison for the 1992 massacre of six farmers in the town of Pativilca. Continue reading
Jan 31 Traffic-blocking farmers now closing in on EU capital in a protest seeking better market conditions By Raf Cassert, Associated Press The protests had an immediate impact. The European Commission announced plans to shield farmers from cheap exports from Ukraine during wartime and allow farmers to sidestep environmental rules. Continue reading
Jan 30 France’s government announces new measures to calm farmers’ protests as blockades squeeze Paris By Sylvie Corbet, Oleg Cetinic, Associated Press France's newly appointed prime minister has announced controls on foreign food products in order to guarantee "fair competition," seeking to calm the anger of protesting farmers camped out around Paris. Continue reading
Jan 15 German farmers and their tractors throng Berlin in protest against fuel subsidy cuts By Geir Moulson, Associated Press Over the past week, farmers have blocked highway entrances and slowed traffic across Germany with their protests, intent on pushing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government to abandon the planned cuts entirely. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 9:09 How rural communities are tackling a suicide and depression crisis among farmers By Megan Thompson, Melanie Saltzman More than 50,000 Americans took their own lives in 2023, the nation’s highest yearly rate of suicide on record. Farmers are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to the National Rural Health Association. Continue watching
Jan 08 German farmers block roads with tractors in protest of plan to scrap diesel tax breaks By Geir Moulson, Associated Press Chancellor Olaf Scholz's unpopular three-party coalition infuriated farmers last month by drawing up plans to abolish a car tax exemption for farming vehicles and the diesel tax breaks. Continue reading
Jan 03 Why farmers are worried about Louisiana’s beloved crawfish By Roby Chavez It's uncertain whether the tiny lobster-like crustaceans survived the months of hot and dry conditions that hit the state last summer. Continue reading
Sep 12 Poland calls on the EU to extend the embargo on Ukraine grain to protect farmers By Associated Press Poland's government has called on the European Union to extend the embargo on imports of Ukrainian grain beyond Friday deadline to protect Polish farmers. Continue reading