The Strait of Hormuz carries a significant share of the world’s energy and agricultural inputs. Disruptions since the outbreak of hostilities between the US and Iran are constraining flows of oil, gas and fertilizer, with ripple effects reaching far beyond the Middle East. As the US begins i…
CHICAGO — The Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board earlier this year, a rare intervention by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that three of the women suspected was because of their gender.
Farmer Susan Watkins, who was among the four women whose reappointments to the United Soybean Board were rejected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, watches corn being loaded onto a truck on her farm in Sutherland, Virginia, April 23.
Farmer Susan Watkins, who was among the four women whose reappointments to the United Soybean Board were rejected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is photographed in front of her grain storage bins in Sutherland, Virginia, April 22.
Farmer Susan Watkins, who was among the four women whose reappointments to the United Soybean Board were rejected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, holds soybean seeds on her farm in Sutherland, Virginia, April 22.
Farmer Susan Watkins, who was among the four women whose reappointments to the United Soybean Board were rejected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, watches her son Cody Watkins plants soybeans in Sutherland, Virginia, April 22.
Farmer Susan Watkins, who was among the four women whose reappointments to the United Soybean Board were rejected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is photographed in front of her grain storage bins in Sutherland, Virginia, April 22.
Farmer Susan Watkins, who was among the four women whose reappointments to the United Soybean Board were rejected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, watches her son Cody Watkins plants soybeans in Sutherland, Virginia, April 22.
Farmer Susan Watkins, who was among the four women whose reappointments to the United Soybean Board were rejected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, watches corn being loaded onto a truck on her farm in Sutherland, Virginia, April 23.
Farmer Susan Watkins, who was among the four women whose reappointments to the United Soybean Board were rejected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, holds soybean seeds on her farm in Sutherland, Virginia, April 22.
