farming

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Colusa County, a rural farming region north of Sacramento, saw the sharpest drop in kids’ eye doctor appointments in the state from 20% during 2015-16 to just under 2% during 2022-24.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

In France alone, about 300,000 hectares of land once used for cereal farming has been left fallow or abandoned since 2022, he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Analysts have warned of shortages of fertilizer, necessary for farming, and helium, a critical component for medical machinery and chip production.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But climate change and intensive farming have reduced the variety of flowers bees depend on.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

“And I think we’d better keep this monkey business to ourselves. If word gets out, every farmer in these hills will quit farming and start hunting monkeys. We can’t have that at all.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls