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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Agriculture Department, Brooke Rollins (NYSE:), led an organization that opposed ethanol mandates and farm subsidies, major programs she could influence if confirmed, according to a Reuters review of the group’s policy statements. That background may put Rollins at…
Investing.com – Shares in Orsted (CSE:) and other sustainable energy names slipped on Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump said he would push to have no more wind farms constructed in the US during his second term. In a press conference on Tuesday, Trump stated he would pursue a policy of having…
As a graduate student at Stanford, Alex Yin, 32, had to decide between two internship opportunities He chose an internship in Bhutan, even though it was less relevant to his career.During his monthlong stint as an IT consultant, he learned how to grow from discomfort.This as-told-to essay is based on…
By Leah Douglas and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally. So far Trump officials have not committed…
By Mei Mei Chu BEIJING (Reuters) – Since the U.S. and China imposed tit-for-tat tariffs in their trade war during Donald Trump’s first presidential term, Beijing has taken steps to reduce its reliance on American farm goods in a wider effort to bolster its food security. That has put China…
By Casey Hall, Brenda Goh and Mei Mei Chu SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. agriculture producers are bracing for the prospect of a fresh trade war under U.S. President-elect Donald Trump again hitting exports of farm goods to China, but they said while any new tariffs would hurt, they felt better…
By Mei Mei Chu BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese imports of U.S. farm goods, which have slowed since the trade war during Donald Trump’s first presidential term, could be hit again if tariff hostilities resume when he returns to office in January, experts say. China remains the biggest market for U.S.…
By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture weakened an emergency order last spring designed to prevent the spread of bird flu among the nation’s dairy cattle after pushback from state and industry officials, according to state and federal records seen by Reuters. The communications,…
Cherie Luo worked at a matcha farm as part of a requirement during her time at Stanford Graduate Business School.Luo, 29, said her time on the matcha farm changed her perspective on running a business.A year later, Luo has started a matcha business with her sister. This as-told-to essay is…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tyler Heppell, a fifth-generation farmer from Heppell’s Potato Corporation in Canada. The following has been edited for length and clarity.As a fourth-generation farmer at a 104-year-old potato farm in British Columbia, my dad thought he had hit the lottery when he…
