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European pesticide victims left to fend for themselves

By Stéphane Horel and Staffan Dahllöf, Le Monde | February 16, 2022

Suffering from Parkinson’s disease or cancer, European farmworkers experience inadequate recognition and failing compensation schemes.

Agribusiness

Poisoned farmers: exposing the myth of pesticide protection in Europe

By Stéphane Horel and Staffan Dahllöf, Le Monde | February 16, 2022

In Europe, scientists have blown the whistle on farmworkers' exposure to pesticides for years. They remain unheard.

Agribusiness

As African Swine Fever plagues other countries, the U.S. works to keep it out

By Katie Peikes, Iowa Public Radio/Harvest Public Media | February 15, 2022

The U.S. has put various protections in place to keep African Swine Fever out to protect the more than $8 billion pork industry.

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."

Agribusiness

‘When a grocery store closes up and it’s your last one, you feel it immediately’

By Amanda Perez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America | January 27, 2022

Rural areas are losing grocery stores but gaining other kinds of food retailers, such as dollar stores, according to the USDA.

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Secret Acres: Foreign-owned agricultural land inaccurately tracked by government

By Jamie Grey, Emily Featherston, Cory Johnson and Lee Zurik, InvestigateTV | January 26, 2022

Federal law requires disclosure, but those records are incomplete.

Agribusiness

As Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry booms, regulators struggle to keep up

By Seth Bodine, KOSU, and Clifton Adcock, The Frontier | January 25, 2022

Loopholes in state residency requirements have led to an influx of out-of-state investment through "ghost owners."

Agribusiness

COVID-19 disrupted supply chains. Now Illinois farmers face higher prices.

By Amanda Perez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America | December 16, 2021

Bottlenecks at ports and labor shortages are leading to higher prices for needed farming materials, such as fertilizer, pesticides and equipment.

Agribusiness

Independent cattle ranchers continue fight against national checkoff program

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | December 7, 2021

Ranchers must pay $1 per head of cattle sold to an organization some say works against their interests. The organization, known as a checkoff, says it represents producers of all sizes.

Agribusiness

As tax dollars dry up, university ag schools turn to agribusiness dollars and industry projects

By Seth Bodine and Katie Peikes, Harvest Public Media | November 16, 2021

From Iowa to Oklahoma to Kansas, universities are working more closely with agribusiness in search of ways to pay for projects where tax dollars have become more scarce. Critics worry that agriculture schools might focus more on industry than the public interest.

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Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public interest by exposing dangerous and costly practices of influential agricultural corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism.

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

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

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