Graphic of the Week
GRAPHIC: Poultry plants were already dangerous. Then came COVID-19.
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There had been about 8 deaths a year on average across the poultry industry — until this year.
Agribusiness
Lawsuit Alleges Farmworkers Sickened After Pesticide Exposure
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In late July 2019, a group of migrant farmworkers from south Texas was working in a cornfield in DeWitt County, Ill., when suddenly a crop duster flew overhead, spraying them with pesticides. Panicked, the crew, which included teenagers and a pregnant woman, ran off the field with clothes doused in pesticides. Their eyes and throats burned and some had trouble breathing.
Agribusiness
‘Buy it or else’: Inside Monsanto and BASF’s moves to force dicamba on farmers
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Internal company records show the companies knew crop damage from their weed killer would be extensive. They sold it anyway.
Agribusiness
Trump EPA removes tool states use to protect farmworkers, environment
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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.
Agribusiness
Plagued by COVID outbreaks, the meatpacking industry could be forced to change under Biden
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While president-elect Joe Biden has not announced any specific plans to protect meatpacking workers, advocates believe there are things he could, and should, do.
Agribusiness
Despite hundreds of millions in tax dollars, ADM’s carbon capture program still hasn’t met promised goals
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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.
Agribusiness
Soybean and cotton growers sue EPA over new dicamba restrictions
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The American Soybean Association and the Plains Cotton Growers contend the EPA overstepped in its new restrictions on the weed killer dicamba.
Agribusiness
GRAPHIC: Farm bankruptcies keep pace with last year’s jump
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Last year saw the most farm bankruptcies since the early 2010s. This year has a similar trend.
Agribusiness
GRAPHIC: Facing challenges, honeybees’ production has dropped in the U.S.
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Honeybee colonies' average yearly production has dropped 30 percent since 1995.
Agribusiness
GRAPHIC: The U.S. still uses many pesticides banned in other countries
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About 150 agricultural pesticides that the World Health Organization considers “hazardous” at some level to human health were used in the United States in 2017, according to U.S. Geological Survey data.