The US port strike isn't just hitting imports. America's farmers could be hurt, too.

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farmer man in overalls blue and white button shirt and camo cap reaches over a wooden fence to scratch a cow wearing a bow inside an indoors stall full of hay
A farmer pets the head of his cow during a cow cuddle session at Luz Farms near Monee, Illinois.

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The Surprising Ingredient That Helped Polynesians Conquer the Pacific

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How Brazil dominates sugar production without burning fields

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Most of the world's sugar comes from sugarcane. But the plant is so difficult to harvest that farmers often set their fields on fire first to get rid of leaves and unwanted pests. That's how most sugarcane is harvested in Florida, the largest producer of sugar in the US. Residents who live near the fields say the giant smoke clouds are is making them sick.

This Fungus Kills Bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. But There’s Hope

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Image of a banana plant showing early symptoms of Panama disease.

Will Florida’s Oranges Survive Another Hurricane Season?

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Florida orange trees

Dangerous feral hogs that destroy lawns and eat plastic are growing across the US, and states can't kill them fast enough

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Two feral hogs are caught in a trap on a farm in rural Washington County, Mo., Jan. 27, 2019.
Feral pigs are difficult to trap, and there are too many for the US to keep up with.

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Where Canada's 'super pigs' are most likely to invade the US — and potentially cause millions of dollars in damage

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A refal hog misses the trap, and roams free at Barker-Addicks reservoir on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Houston.
Wild pigs already cause billions of dollars in damage to agriculture in the southern US.

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There's a simple solution to make wine more sustainable: sheep

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Whitehall Lane Winery in California.
Whitehall Lane Winery.

Whitehall Lane Winery

Hundreds of thousands of fish died in a single reservoir in Vietnam, another sign of how climate change is strangling the economy

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Vietnamese fisherman in the middle of a reservoir full of dead fish
Hundreds of thousands of fish died last month in a southern Vietnamese reservoir.

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John Deere will pay up to $192K for a 'Chief Tractor Officer' to travel and help launch TikTok channel

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John Deere tractors for sale at a dealer in Longmont, Colorado

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