Forest health experts said trees are being damaged from Indiana to Kansas, from North Dakota to Arkansas. Cupped up leaves, the most easily recognized symptom, can be seen in towns miles away from agricultural fields, as well as in nature preserves and state parks set aside as refuges for wildlife, experts said.
June 16, 2020
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https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/06/16/weve-got-it-everywhere-dicamba-damaging-trees-across-midwest-and-south/
The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting has been awarded the 2017 Peter Lisagor Award in the online category for the Best Investigative/Public Service Reporting for our story on migrant labor abuses in the field.
May 15, 2018
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https://investigatemidwest.org/2018/05/15/midwest-center-wins-lisagor-award-for-reporting-on-migrant-labor-abuses/
Argentina and Brazil may fill China’s soybean needs if China imposes a 25 percent tariff on U.S. soybean exports. And experts say : “China is the world’s largest consumer, and the U.S. is the largest producer, … so they’ll need to replace the U.S. with some other country,”
April 11, 2018
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https://investigatemidwest.org/2018/04/11/brazil-argentina-may-fill-the-u-s-soybean-export-gap/
The exemption leaves untaxed for life nearly $630 million in Kansas wind farm equipment, according to the Kansas Department of Revenue. If it were on the tax rolls, that equipment would generate around $82 million a year in additional revenue for the 24 rural counties with wind farms.
December 4, 2017
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https://investigatemidwest.org/2017/12/04/rush-to-attract-wind-turbine-investors-leaves-kansas-school-districts-shortchanged/
What does an increases in foreign investment mean for farmers in Iowa? IowaWatch Connection, a statewide radio program, dug into the issue of foreign investment and food security.
July 24, 2017
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https://investigatemidwest.org/2017/07/24/podcast-farmland-ownership-in-the-u-s-and-how-it-relates-to-food-security/
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May 4, 2010
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A jury awarded Bader Farms $250 million in punitive damages after finding Monsanto and BASF knew dicamba would harm crops. A judge reduced the amount.
November 30, 2020
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https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/11/30/federal-judge-upholds-dicamba-ruling-but-reduces-damages-owed-to-missouri-peach-farmer/
The Trump Administration took a step on Friday to severely weaken state regulation of pesticides, taking away a tool that state regulatory officials say helps protect farmworkers and the environment.
November 20, 2020
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https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/11/20/trump-epa-removes-tool-states-use-to-protect-farmworkers-environment/
Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world's largest agribusinesses, has yet to make good on its promise to capture a million tons of carbon a year at its Decature, Illinois, facility.
November 19, 2020
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https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/11/19/despite-hundreds-of-millions-in-tax-dollars-adms-carbon-capture-program-still-hasnt-met-promised-goals/
The American Soybean Association and the Plains Cotton Growers contend the EPA overstepped in its new restrictions on the weed killer dicamba.
November 17, 2020
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https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/11/17/soybean-and-cotton-growers-sue-epa-over-new-dicamba-restrictions/