Agribusiness
European pesticide victims left to fend for themselves
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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
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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
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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.
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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’
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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
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Federal law requires disclosure, but those records are incomplete.
Agribusiness
As Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry booms, regulators struggle to keep up
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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.
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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
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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
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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.