Farmers were the original beneficiaries of our derivatives markets and remain at the heart of everything we do at the @CFTC.
On National Farm Worker Appreciation Day, thank a farmer for putting the food on our tables and the clothes on our backs.
Farmers in California are having such a hard time selling lettuce due to the Cyclospora scare that they're just destroying their crops.
It's cheaper to kill the lettuce than it is trying to sell it.
Farmers in Guiping Town of Meishan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, are busy sorting and packaging the newly harvested peaches to supply the market.