Feb 13, 2024
Number of US farms falls and size increases, census shows

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Farms in the U.S. continued to get larger and the number of farms fell between 2017 and 2022, new data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed on Tuesday. The Census of Agriculture,…

Feb 13, 2024
US factory boom disproportionately favors poorer counties, study shows

By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - A surge of factory building fueled by Biden administration investments in "strategic sectors" such as clean energy and semiconductors has so far flowed disproportionately to U.S. counties with relatively distressed economies and notably has not…

Feb 12, 2024
EU’s Borrell suggests US cut military aid to Israel

By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday made a thinly veiled call on the U.S. to cut arms supplies to Israel due to high civilian casualties in its war in Gaza. Borrell recalled…