American farmers are killing their own crops and selling cows because of extreme drought
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Farmers harvest tomatoes in Winters, California, in August. Drought and water shortages are hurting processing tomato production in a region responsible for a quarter of the world's output, which will further elevate prices at the grocery.
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Nearly three quarters of US farmers say this year's drought is hurting their harvest -- with…
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