covid
Find Illinois COVID-19 outbreaks in your area
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Confidential Illinois data reveals where about 2,600 separate COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred across the state.
Emails: A week before Trump’s order protecting meat plants, industry sent draft language to feds
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Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by Public Citizen and American Oversight show how industry helped shape a federal order to keep meat plants open during the pandemic.
Agribusiness
Tracking Covid-19’s impact on meatpacking workers and industry
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We're tracking closures, cases of Covid-19 among workers and employee deaths in the meatpacking industry. Search our database for impact in your area.
Datasets and Documents
UPDATED: Where are farm bankruptcies happening?
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Search for how many Chapter 12 bankruptcies have been filed in a particular county. Data begins in 2013.
Agribusiness
Breaking down the use of glyphosate in the U.S.
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Of 400 pesticides used on agriculture crops across the U.S, glyphosate is used at least three times more than all others, according to an analysis of data estimates from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Datasets and Documents
Database: Disappearing Farmland
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Use this database to see how many farmland acres your state has lost or gained between 1997 and 2012
Datasets and Documents
Resources for investigating visas
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In 2015, the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting hosted a workshop on how to cover the U.S. visa system. Here are some key data and document resources from the event to help you cover and learn more about visas.
Datasets and Documents
Data tool: Explore USDA data on GMO petitions
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Explore USDA data on GMOs using an interactive graph and searchable database.
Datasets and Documents
USDA ag-projection highlights in one graphic
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In February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a forward-looking reporting on the state of U.S. agriculture. The department's Economic Research Service took the lead on the report, which outlines U.S. agricultural production and trade through 2024. Here are the highlights in one graphic.
Datasets and Documents
Farm Bill lobbying interests
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As part of a project with Harvest Public Media, the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting analyzed electronic federal lobbying reports to get a closer look at who lobbied on the 2014 Farm Bill. Access the results and data here.