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Battling frost in Washington's blueberry heartland

by Marketplace Contributor
Apr 27, 2016
Blueberries are budding in a warm spring, but frosty nights can take a hefty toll
Keith Oliver blades open a tiny blueberry bud to show the tender spring growth. 
Anna King/Northwest News Network
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Oil pushes out Venezuela's agriculture

by Scott Tong
Apr 18, 2016
A strong currency pushed up by oil exports, and national price controls, have marginalized once strong economic sectors
Egg-producing hens at a farm in Venezuela.
Jorge Galino/Marketplace
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GMO acreage falls — along with commodity prices

by Andy Uhler
Apr 13, 2016
For crops where GMO seeds are big, they're 90 percent of the market
Corn grows in a field near Roscoe, Illinois.
Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Is your grass-fed beef actually grass-fed?

by Lizzie O'Leary
Apr 1, 2016
Well, it's complicated.
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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Farmers feel thrown under the bus as Big Food changes

by Annie Baxter
Feb 26, 2016
Some farmers feel their concerns are ignored as the food industry changes.
A group of pigs in Spronk's new barn, equipped with new feeders and gates. 
Seth Spronk
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John Deere has a secret side that makes lots of money

by Mark Garrison
Feb 19, 2016
How the maker of tractors and combines learned to love finance.
John Deere has a large finance wing that brought in $2.8 billion last year. 
Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Deere & Co. hit by farm economy slump

by Annie Baxter
Nov 25, 2015
Deere & Co. is getting hit by a downturn in the ag economy.
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White House to Cuba: embargo? What embargo?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Nov 13, 2015
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is in Cuba right now. Embargo or no.
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Large companies stoke the fires in Indonesia’s peatlands

by Kai Ryssdal and Robert Garrova
Nov 5, 2015
Vegetation has been cleared by burning for years, but now it’s out of control.
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Why a dry California will still grow a lot of food

by Annie Baxter
Oct 20, 2015
Agriculture experts don't expect a big exodus of food production from the state.
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