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USDA hopes to cut farms' environmental footprint in half by 2050
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USDA hopes to cut farms' environmental footprint in half by 2050

The U.S. Department of Agriculture laid out a series of goals Thursday to make the farming sector more environmentally friendly, part of an effort to cut the carbon footprint of agriculture in half.

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American farmers had a brutal year in 2019

American farmers had a brutal year in 2019

Record flooding, a delayed harvest, and a trade war with China hammered US agriculture in 2019.

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