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GRAPHIC: Corn and soybean production could be close to record highs this year, USDA predicts
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Iowa and Illinois, the top two states by crop production, have seen high levels of production this year.
Labor
As labor pool shrinks, Illinois farmers turn to foreign workers
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Farms across the Midwest are struggling to hire domestic employees. In Illinois, the number of foreign agricultural workers has increased more than 250% in the past five years.
Agribusiness
EPA and Bayer had close contact in 2020 reinstatement of dicamba
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In summer 2020, a federal court ruled the EPA showed too much deference to Bayer when it approved the company’s dicamba herbicide. This invalidated the approval. But, weeks later, Bayer began working the EPA again, according to newly obtained emails.
Agribusiness
Tyson Foods fined $1.5 million for exceeding the legal share of the soybean meal marketplace
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The company reported incorrect numbers to federal authorities and failed to maintain the required paperwork, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Environment
Fertilizer runoff disproportionately harms low-income communities’ drinking water. Treatment is expensive.
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Researchers are trying to find more cost-effective solutions.
Español
Las empacadoras de carne han dependido durante mucho tiempo de la mano de obra inmigrante. Ahora, algunas están recurriendo a trabajadores extranjeros.
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Durante décadas, la industria cárnica ha contratado a inmigrantes y refugiados para realizar el peligroso trabajo de cortar carne, para consumo en los Estados Unidos. Ahora, un pequeño pero creciente número de plantas empacadoras están recurriendo a trabajadores bajo programas de visas.
Agribusiness
Meatpacking plants have long relied on immigrant labor. Now, some are turning to foreign visa workers.
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For decades, the industry has recruited immigrants and refugees to perform the dangerous job of cutting America’s meat. Now, a small but growing number of plants are employing visa workers.
Government
Right To Repair Mandate From Biden Might Help Farmers Fix Their Own Equipment
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In the mounting battle between manufacturers trying to protect their technology from intellectual theft and customers who want more freedom to fix things when that technology breaks down, the Biden administration has won some gratitude in farm country.
Coronavirus
As Trusted Voices, Farmers Could Be Key To Boosting Rural Vaccination Rates
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Boosting COVID-19 vaccination rates in rural America is now less a problem of access and more an issue of trust.
Agribusiness
Carolina del Norte está impulsando gran parte del crecimiento del programa de visas H-2A. Eso significa más exposición a lo que los trabajadores llaman el “monstruo verde”.
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El salpullido -también conocido como urticaria-, los dolores de cabeza y los vómitos, son problemas de salud asociados a la intoxicación pornicotina que los trabajadores agrícolas pueden padecer en los cultivos de tabaco de Carolina del Norte.