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American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global market with diminishing federal backing

  • Written by Peter Simons, Lecturer in History, Hamilton College
American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global market with diminishing federal backingAmerican farmers face a changing future for their businesses.Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump appears to have upended an 85-year relationship between American farmers and the United States’ global exercise of power. But that link has been fraying since the end of the Cold War, and Trump’s moves are just...

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