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The last time I visited Bret Davis' farm in Delaware County, earlier in the spring, I was asking him about a federal program helping farmers bit by the鈥�

The U.S. agricultural sector has been hit hard by the trade conflict with China. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says some of the aid money will be used to build markets elsewhere.

The Kocher family has been farming the same plat of land near the northern Ohio village of Bloomville for generations. Among other crops, they grow鈥�

A dairy farm operated for four generations by one Ohio family is set to run dry.Dwight Raber, of Raber Dairy Farms in northeast Ohio's Stark County, said鈥�

Farmers face labor shortages and the ever growing cost to get food on the shelves. In response, Florida farms are testing robotic farming technology, and鈥�

The new head of the Ohio Department of Agriculture is traveling around the state, talking to farmers about their needs.Former lawmaker Dorothy Pelanda鈥�

The largest importers of crops like lentils, garbanzos or peas 鈥� China and India 鈥� aren't buying because of trade wars and tariffs. But farmers already planted in anticipation of sales.

It was a wild ride for Ohio farmers this year. President Trump鈥檚 trade war with China cut off exports for many farmers, and it鈥檚 affecting their plans for 2019. After President Trump announced tariffs on Chinese steel this spring, China retaliated with a 25 percent tariff on American soybeans and other agricultural products. Medina County farmer Tom Trout says the export market for soybeans completely dried up and prices dropped. 鈥淵ou give the market what it wants, and right now it鈥檚 telling us it does not want more soybeans,鈥� Trout said.

The report, compiled by over 300 scientists, warns that more extreme weather patterns will have a devastating impact on the environment in the Midwest.

Chinese buyers can purchase soybeans from U.S. and South American producers for about the same price鈥攅ven with retaliatory tariffs placed on American鈥�