farmers

Producers commonly place orders for the following year's seed and fertilizer and settle operating loans around harvest season.

Inflation and rising input costs can place farm economies under critical financial stress and increase reliance on government farm support programs.

Around harvest time, agricultural producers commonly place orders for the next year’s seed and fertilizer and settle operating loans with lenders.

Trade conflicts between major economies can reduce export demand for agricultural commodities and contribute to increased financial distress among farmers, including higher rates of farm bankruptcies.

Retaliatory tariffs on agricultural products can force farmers to sell crops at steep losses when access to major export markets is reduced.

Imposed tariffs typically raise costs for domestic consumers and can negatively affect domestic producers and sectors such as agriculture and distilling.

Tariffs and retaliatory tariffs can raise consumer prices and can reduce agricultural incomes and exports.

Nigeria's central region has experienced persistent violence driven by clashes between local herders and farmers over limited access to land and water.

Clashes between herders and farmers in some parts of Nigeria have taken on a religious dimension, contributing to militias that align broadly with primarily Muslim herders or farmers from Christian communities.

Michoacán is a western state of Mexico with agricultural regions where powerful drug cartels have operated and sought to extort farmers.