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Trump Announces $8 Billion Plan to Cover Farm Losses

Under the Harvest Fuel Relief program, the Agriculture Department will provide economic aid for farmers hurt by high diesel prices.

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President Trump held a rally on Monday night in Kansas, where farmers traditionally form a solid Republican voting bloc.
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Latest Climate Report Warns of Major Upheaval to California Way of Life

The dire projections come from the state’s Climate Change Assessment, which analyzes the impacts of changing weather patterns on the nation’s most-populous state.

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The report finds that without major intervention, as much as three-quarters of California’s beaches could disappear — either seasonally or permanently — by 2100 because of coastal erosion.
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Across Farm Country, Economic Discontent Strains Republican Coalition

Farmers and ranchers have supported President Trump for a decade. But the war in Iran, tariffs and other administration policies have soured some on the G.O.P.
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El Niño Threatens Global Sugar Supply

A poor sugarcane crop in India, the world’s second-largest producer, is hurting consumers and farmers — plus undermining the country’s energy security goals.

A worker tending to a sugarcane crop in Maharashtra, India, in September.
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