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Suicide rates among farmers are higher than any other profession in the United States, even exceeding the suicide rate for veterans.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is meeting with Chinese officials this week to discuss trade tariffs. President Trump announced a tariff on Chinese steel and aluminum and the Chinese responded with tariffs on American products. It’s escalated to at least $50 billion dollars in tariffs for each country. The extra charges on Chinese steel may please Ohio steelworkers but it worries Ohio farmers. Tom Trout of Hickory Tree Farm in Medina County walks through his garage by several 8-wheel-drive John Deere tractors and other equipment.

China's retaliatory tariffs would hit farmers, who rely on exports to keep their business models going, harder than any other group, especially those raising hogs, nuts and fruit.

At issue is the Trump administration's withdrawal of two Obama-era rules designed to protect small farmers, who say they are being exploited by the meatpacking companies they supply.

A group of about 20 Ohio State students will begin a week-long fast on Monday to show solidarity with farm workers. They say the university went back on…

The Ohio Farmers Union meets in Columbus today for its 83rd annual convention. The list of top issues includes high real estate property taxes, increased…

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will do away with current trade agreements like NAFTA in his first 100 days in office. That could have…

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The president of a statewide produce growers' association says farmers are still assessing damage from the latest frost he’s ever seen. When asked just…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is adding more money for a project in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana to cut farm runoff that feeds harmful algae in Lake…