Abigail Bottar
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U.S. farmers lost conservation experts in Trump's federal cuts. Now they're hurting for help (opens the original)
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On a hot summer day, John Williams is walking through the vegetable farm he manages in central Illinois. “All these white tubes coming up are tree tubes,” he said, “so they’re little protections for newly planted trees.” Hazelnut, apple and pear trees run in between the fields and around the perimeter of the property at Sola Gratia Farm in Urbana, Illinois. The farm got funding to plant them through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Agricul
Diesel has never been more expensive. That's squeezing farmers as harvest begins (opens the original)
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Bart Bittner has been adapting to diesel prices all year. The central Illinois farmer relied on fuel he had stored on his farm to run his equipment for as long as he could this spring while diesel prices skyrocketed. When prices fell slightly this summer, he refilled his reserve. But now he and farmers across the U.S. heading into harvest season are forced to contend with record-high fuel prices during an already economically tumultuous year. “Of course it’s the worst timing ever, cause this is
Diesel has never been more expensive. That's squeezing farmers as harvest begins (opens the original)
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Bart Bittner has been adapting to diesel prices all year. The central Illinois farmer relied on fuel he had stored on his farm to run his equipment for as long as he could this spring while diesel prices skyrocketed. When prices fell slightly this summer, he refilled his reserve. But now he and farmers across the U.S. heading into harvest season are forced to contend with record-high fuel prices during an already economically tumultuous year. “Of course it’s the worst timing ever, cause this is
Diesel has never been more expensive. That's squeezing farmers as harvest begins (opens the original)
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Bart Bittner has been adapting to diesel prices all year. The central Illinois farmer relied on fuel he had stored on his farm to run his equipment for as long as he could this spring while diesel prices skyrocketed. When prices fell slightly this summer, he refilled his reserve. But now he and farmers across the U.S. heading into harvest season are forced to contend with record-high fuel prices during an already economically tumultuous year. “Of course it’s the worst timing ever, cause this is
Diesel has never been more expensive. That's squeezing farmers as harvest begins (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Bart Bittner has been adapting to diesel prices all year. The central Illinois farmer relied on fuel he had stored on his farm to run his equipment for as long as he could this spring while diesel prices skyrocketed. When prices fell slightly this summer, he refilled his reserve. But now he and farmers across the U.S. heading into harvest season are forced to contend with record-high fuel prices during an already economically tumultuous year. “Of course it’s the worst timing ever, cause this is
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