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Jury Orders Egg Suppliers to Pay $17.7M in Damages for Price Gouging in 2000s

A federal jury in Illinois ordered $17.7 million in damages – an amount tripled to more than $53 million under federal law – to several food manufacturing companies who had sued major egg producers over a conspiracy to limit the …

When Extreme Weather Hits, Smaller Farms Often Pay the Price

Justin Ralph estimates he`s made about 200 trips delivering grain from the fields he farms with his brother and uncle this year. They`re accustomed to using their four semi-trucks to take the harvest from a total of about 800 acres …

Weather Extremes May Force More Farmers, Ranchers to Consider Costly Irrigation

The Texas ranch where Gilda Jackson trains and sells horses has been plagued by grasshoppers this year, a problem that only gets worse when the hatch quickens in times of heat and drought. Jackson watched this summer as the insects …

Heat, Humidity Kill Hundreds of Cattle During World’s Hottest Month

Hundreds of cattle died in Iowa from extreme heat and humidity in late July, the state and livestock producers said, as the world recorded its hottest month ever. The deaths show the toll of severe weather on farm animals and …

U.S. and EU to Launch First-of-its-Kind AI Agreement

The United States and European Union on Friday announced an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecasting and the electric grid. A senior U.S. administration official, discussing the …