NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

US agriculture needs a 21st-century New Deal

  • Written by Maywa Montenegro, UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis
Jeff Jorgenson looks over a partially flooded field he farms near Shenandoah, Iowa, May 29, 2019. AP Photo/Nati Harnik

These are difficult times in farm country. Historic spring rains – 600% above average in some places – inundated fields and homes. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that this year’s corn and soybean...

Read more: US agriculture needs a 21st-century New Deal

More Articles ...

  1. Drugs on a coil free patients from the burden of taking pills for treating infectious diseases
  2. Thanks, 'Avengers: Endgame,' for reminding us why inflation matters
  3. Every dog has its day, but it's not the Fourth of July
  4. George Washington's biggest battle? With his dentures, made from hippo ivory and maybe slaves' teeth
  5. Red, white but rarely blue - the science of fireworks colors, explained
  6. Red, white but rarely blue – the science of fireworks colors, explained
  7. Will they ever wake up? New study on consciousness after brain injury shows 'maybe'
  8. Why it matters that more athletes are talking about their mental health
  9. Male nonprofit CEOs earn more – but the problem runs deeper than a simple gender pay gap
  10. Men do see the mess – they just aren't judged for it the way women are
  11. It takes years to fully recover from big storms like Sandy
  12. Flying colors: Researcher reveals hidden world through the eyes of butterflies
  13. Al-Qaida is stronger today than it was on 9/11
  14. Russian Twitter propaganda predicted 2016 US election polls
  15. The US economy likely just entered its longest ever expansion – here's who's benefiting in 3 charts
  16. Sugar substitutes: Is one better or worse for diabetes? For weight loss? An expert explains
  17. Florida makes the restoration of voting rights contingent on criminal debt payments
  18. Half a million American minors now live in Mexico
  19. Controlling weeds on playing fields, parks and lawns without herbicides
  20. Liberals and conservatives have wildly different TV-viewing habits – but these 5 shows bring everyone together
  21. How can you tell if another person, animal or thing is conscious? Try these 3 tests
  22. Why the Supreme Court asked for an explanation of the 2020 census citizenship question
  23. Democrats debate the repeal of Section 1325 – what you need to know about the immigration law that criminalizes unauthorized border crossings
  24. Sequencing the genome of newborns in the US: Are we ready?
  25. Fighting words for a New Gilded Age - Democratic candidates are sounding a lot like Teddy Roosevelt
  26. Young LGBT Americans are more politically engaged than the rest of Generation Z
  27. I went on a Voodoo pilgrimage in Haiti
  28. Ack! I need chocolate! The science of PMS food cravings
  29. After Supreme Court decision, gerrymandering fix is up to voters
  30. Supreme Court says gerrymandering fix up to voters, not judges
  31. The Flores settlement: A 1985 case that sets the rules for how government can treat migrant children
  32. Why lead is dangerous, and the damage it does
  33. I've started acknowledging the people who lived on this land first – and you should too
  34. How the Flint water crisis set students back
  35. Should you be tested for HIV? Why June 27 is a good day to do it
  36. Should Southern Baptist women be preachers? A centuries old controversy finds new life
  37. Here's a 1918 role model for Sarah Sanders' successor as White House press secretary
  38. How much power can one image actually have?
  39. A Trump-Xi trade deal would do little to fix the real problems US companies face in China
  40. Trademark scholar says FUCT's victory at Supreme Court is a win for free speech
  41. Visiting national parks could change your thinking about patriotism
  42. Ebola in Uganda, and the dynamics of a new and different outbreak
  43. Gates launches lobbying arm – higher education on agenda
  44. Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin's reign
  45. The guts of an Apple iPhone show exactly what Trump gets wrong about trade
  46. 'Unskilled' immigrants help to ease the pain of dying Americans
  47. Can parks help cities fight crime?
  48. Detecting deepfakes by looking closely reveals a way to protect against them
  49. Accelerating exoplanet discovery using chemical signatures of stars
  50. Facebook's Libra may be quite attractive in developing countries