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A farmworker who fell from a greenhouse during an ICE raid died over the weekend
KCBX - California
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July 15, 2025
A farmworker who fell from a greenhouse during an immigration raid on the Central Coast died over the weekend. Jaime Alanis Garcia had worked for the cannabis grower Glass House Farms for about 10 years. During the raid, he fell 30 feet and...
Sunbelt Ag Expo announces Kent Hamilton, CEO of Southern Valley Fruit and Vegetable, Inc. of Norman Park as Georgia Farmer of the Year 2025
South Georgia TV
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July 15, 2025
NORMAN PARK, Ga. – Kent Hamilton is CEO of Southern Valley Fruit and Vegetable, Inc., based in Norman Park. Kent said, “It was founded in 1987 and is a women-owned and family-operated corporation that’s spent generations growing, packing, and...
Texas lawmaker proposes beefing up temporary worker program to ease farm labor shortages
KXXV 25 - Texas
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July 15, 2025
"Texas lawmaker proposes beefing up temporary worker program to ease farm labor shortages" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy,...
Tom Homan responds to California farmworker death, ICE sweeps
Farmers' Advance - Michigan
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President Donald Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan responded to the reported death of a Mexican farmworker following an immigration raid in California, calling the fatality "unfortunate" but defending Immigration and Customs Enforcement's actions in...
U.S. imposes 17 percent tariff on Mexican tomatoes after withdrawing from agreement
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 15, 2025
Published: 15 Jul. 2025, 13:33 Containers are loaded to wait for shipment at a terminal, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 30 percent tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting on Aug. 1, south of Berlin,...
Meet the Pig Farmer Who Wants to Be the Next Governor of Texas
Texas Monthly
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July 15, 2025
I first met Ben Flores last fall, at his small pig farm on the outskirts of Bay City, a working-class town about half an hour north of Matagorda Bay. The cybersecurity consultant—who relocated his family from Austin during the COVID-19 pandemic to...
Mennonite farming in Belize threatens essential biological corridor, critics say
Mongabay
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July 14, 2025
Mennonites in Belize own thousands of hectares of rainforest that make up part of a “biological corridor” for wildlife moving between numerous protected areas. The Mennonites started clearing the forest in 2022 without carrying out an...
Virtual Launch of Caribbean Week of Agriculture
Win Media SKN
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July 15, 2025
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is excited to once again join the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in organizing another installment of Caribbean Week of Agriculture—this time to be held on the breathtaking shores of...
US imposes a 17% duty on Mexican tomatoes in hopes of boosting domestic production
ABC News - New York
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July 14, 2025
The U.S. government said Monday it is immediately placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff. Proponents said the import tax will help rebuild the shrinking U.S. tomato...
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'Unfair trade practices': US slaps 17% duty on Mexican fresh tomatoes
Firstpost
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July 15, 2025
The United States is imposing antidumping duties on most imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico, the US Commerce Department said Monday as Washington alleged its neighbor engaged in unfair trade. The duties, set at 17.09 percent, come after...
University defends teacher who allegedly attacked officers at illegal pot farm
Fox News
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The Heritage Foundations Simon Hankinson joins Fox & Friends to discuss the latest on an ICE raid at a California pot farm, Democrats resistance to the crackdown and Noems defense of the agencys operations. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News...
Gilbert Jean, farmer, family man and Parsley Massacre survivor who bore witness to Trujillo’s terror, dies at 103
Haitian Times
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July 15, 2025
Overview: Gilbert "Ton Jilbè" Jean, survivor of the 1937 Kout Kouto or Parsley Massacre, died July 1 at age 103. Jean, a humble farmer and living archive of Haitian history, passed in Dosmond, Haiti—nearly 90 years after escaping Trujillo’s death...
Proposed U.S. tariffs could cut Brazil's GDP by as much as 0.8%
United Press International (UPI)
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July 14 (UPI) -- The 50% tariffs proposed by Donald Trump could cut Brazil's gross domestic product by between 0.3 and 0.8 percentage points in 2025, according to Brazilian economists and consulting firms. The final impact will depend on how Luiz...
Trump immigration crackdown threatens half a million Caribbean migrants
The Antigua Observer
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July 15, 2025
By Kisean Joseph [email protected] Dr Isaac Newton, a Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia-trained development consultant, warned that the sweeping policy changes by the Trump administration will create “economic and social torrents” that are...
Administration: Farm raids are biggest since January
The Antelope Valley Press - California
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July 15, 2025
Federal authorities now say they arrested more than 360 people at two Southern California marijuana farms last week, characterizing the raids as one of the largest operations since President Donald Trump took office in January. One farmworker died...
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Beef prices in the US are sizzling this summer: When will they cool down?
Firstpost
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July 18, 2025
Anyone lighting up their grill this summer in the United States is likely aware that burgers and steaks are costlier than ever, and recent data confirms that beef prices have surged to historic highs. Experts caution that any significant drop in...
US to Inflict 17% Tariff on Mexican Tomato Imports
Transport Topics
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July 15, 2025
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The U.S. government withdrew from a long-standing trade agreement with Mexico governing tomato imports and will push forward with a new tariff of just over 17%, the U.S. Commerce...
What Is the New World Screwworm Fly and why the US has issued a livestock ban at the Mexico border
The Times of India
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The United States has taken emergency action to suspend livestock imports from northern Mexico after detecting the alarming spread of the New World Screwworm fly, a parasitic insect that poses a deadly threat to livestock health and the American...
French farmers parade cows in front of the Brazilian Embassy
MercoPress
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Friday, July 11th 2025 - 19:08 UTC The demonstrators were reacting to statements from President Emmanuel Macron Some 100 French farmers and ranchers paraded Wednesday in front of the Brazilian Embassy in Paris with Charolais cows and T-shirts...
US withdraws from 2019 tomato agreement with Mexico, imposes 17.09 pc anti-dumping duty
The Arabian Stories
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July 15, 2025
Washington DC: The US has announced the withdrawal of the 2019 Agreement with Mexico, suspending the antidumping duty investigation on fresh tomatoes from the country, while ordering an antidumping duty of 17.09 per cent on most of its imports of...