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 another big step.
World War II was in full swing and on the home front, victory gardens helped ease food shortages caused by rationing. A woman stands amongst the preserves in this photo taken in January 1943.
Five New Way Harvesters make their way through a wheat field in McLaughlin, S.D., in this 1940s photo.
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Visitors from Asian countries inspect a combine on a farm visit near Salem, S.D., June 12, 2019.
A combine and grain truck stand in a freshly harvested grain field near Niagara, Wisconsin.
Peter Simons, Lecturer in History, Hamilton College
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