A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
Grain storage bins at the Linn Co-op in Alburnett, Iowa. Continued market uncertainty following the United States’ trade dispute with China has led many soybean producers to store their grain rather than sell now, as they hope for an increase in prices. Credit: Nick Rohlman/The Gazette
At the end of last week, news outlets reported that President Trump would roll back his signature tariffs on some commodities, including beef, coffee and fruit, in a bid to reduce the high prices many are seeing at the grocery store.
These tariffs have brought significant and varied impacts across the Mississippi River Basin over the last few months. This week, we've brought together a few recent local pieces from Desk reporters as we continue to monitor these changes.
452 lumber industry mills, manufacturers and distributors want to be recognized as critical agricultural producers and be eligible for federal relief payments.
At the end of October, the Trump administration proudly announced that it struck a deal with China to de-escalate the trade war Trump started earlier this year, which has hit American farmers especially hard. It includes a commitment from China to resume buying U.S. soybeans after not doing so since May when trade tensions between the two countries exploded.
