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EPISODE · Apr 20, 2026 · 4 MIN

In the American Heartland, farmers are literally betting the farm to stay in business

from All Things Considered · host Kirk Siegler

American farmers hope the Iran ceasefire holds and fertilizer and diesel start moving through the Strait of Hormuz soon, as row crop farmers go into their fourth straight planting season in the red.

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