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In rare case, a large meatpacking plant is being forced to address workers’ repetitive motion injuries

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | May 19, 2022

Repetitive motion injuries are common among meatpacking workers, but citations are rare, especially over the past several years.

Agribusiness

Despite case of bird flu in a human, experts say risk to public and poultry workers remains low

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | May 12, 2022

The ongoing avian flu outbreak has caused the loss of 37 million birds since February.

COVID-19 and Meatpacking

Tyson Foods authored draft version of Trump’s 2020 executive order to keep meatpacking plants open during COVID-19 pandemic, emails show

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | May 12, 2022

The Tyson revelation is one finding in a new congressional report that details the myriad ways meat executives and sympathetic government allies influenced federal coronavirus response at the expense of worker safety.

Agribusiness

E. Coli outbreaks linked to leafy greens continue despite FDA, industry prevention efforts

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | April 7, 2022

Four outbreaks have occurred in the two years since the Food and Drug Administration announced its action plan to combat E. coli in leafy greens.

Department of Homeland Security

Opening this spring in Kansas: A high-tech lab researching livestock diseases

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | March 30, 2022

At the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, researchers will try to find cures for and ways to prevent highly contagious diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease, affecting livestock and humans.

Farm Service Agency

GRAPHIC: Midwestern states received most direct operating loans last year

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | March 30, 2022

The loans are provided to farmers who don't qualify for credit from other lenders.

Agribusiness

Shuttered offices, potentially high fertilizer costs: Here’s what the situation in Ukraine means for U.S. agriculture

By Johnathan Hettinger, Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest, and Amanda Perez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America | March 3, 2022

“We import 80% of the fertilizer we use from outside the U.S. so the situation in eastern Europe will affect those supply chain issues around the world," one farm bureau representative said.

Agribusiness
The Middle Fork River

It takes tons of water to put meat on Americans’ plates. But most meat companies don’t ensure conservation in their supply chains.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | February 23, 2022

Climate change is making water more scarce in some areas, but water-intensive meat production isn’t slowing down.

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GRAPHIC: Production contracts, a target of Biden administration, are common in livestock industry

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | February 9, 2022

Usually under production contracts, farmers raise animals owned by meat companies.

Agribusiness

The American Farm Bureau Federation claims it’s the ‘Voice of Agriculture.’ These groups beg to differ.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | February 8, 2022

With millions of members, the American Farm Bureau Federation says it represents "divergent opinions." But the farmers outside its circle believes it leans "heavily towards corporate interests."

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The American Farm Bureau Federation claims it’s the ‘Voice of Agriculture.’ These groups beg to differ.

Database: Tracking Covid-19’s impact on meatpacking workers and industry

USDA photo by Preston Keres

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) meat inspectors and graders perform their mission.

SERESTO: what we’ve discovered so far about the popular collars linked to pet injuries and deaths

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