China’s plan to raise pensions for farmers by less than $3 a month prompted rare criticism from lawmakers about the country’s threadbare social safety net.

Appeals highlight a long-standing lack of benefits for elderly citizens outside cities, and proposals include leveraging state assets and new taxes to bridge the vast disparity Some Chinese lawmakers ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Paris for trade talks that set the stage for ...

Romanian agriculture minister Florin Barbu announced the signing of a memorandum with China regarding the exporting of agri-food products. The new deal, agreed upon following bilateral discussions, ...

The China Grove Farmers Market will not be held this season, as was shared on its Facebook page, “after much consideration, Main Street Marketplace and Meeting Place has made the […] ...

Trump-Xi summit could unlock more U.S. soybean sales, but Brazilian competition and Iran war tensions complicate the trade outlook for farmers.

Soybeans are likely to be on the agenda when trade chiefs from the US and China next meet, a conversation that could shed ...

GOP lawmakers from rural areas are pressing for more action to counteract the agriculture industry’s increasingly pessimistic outlook.

Decatur, Ill (WAND) – Soybean farmers were hurt by tariffs in 2025, losing export markets while nations like China stopped buying the U.S. crop. This year, they will be faced with more economic ...

Corporate pork companies that run mega-farms where sows are often confined to tiny cages are going after a California law that bans sale of their meat in the Golden State.