Government
Texas State University program will mentor Black and Latina women in ag
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The program will pair high school and college students in what’s called a “near peer” model to help ease the minority participants into the mentorship.
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‘Big Chicken’ Merger Moves Ahead Despite Investigations by the Biden Administration
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Two of the largest poultry processing companies in the country, Wayne Farms and Sanderson Farms, will soon be merged to create one corporation amid a DOJ antitrust lawsuit against the companies. One expert fears the lawsuit won’t do enough to stop the merger from overpowering the chicken industry.
AFBF
In Washington, agricultural policymakers circulate among Farm Bureau, USDA and industry
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Dozens of USDA leaders had Farm Bureau connections before joining the agency.
Government
Climate, healthcare package becomes law
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Corn growers and others praise ag investments as Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act.
Government
What the Inflation Reduction Act could mean for farmers
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A divided House sent the climate and health care bill to President Biden's desk in partisan vote.
Climate Change
SEC proposal could shine a light on Big Ag companies’ supply chain emissions
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The proposal would require the reporting of "Scope 3" emissions, which happen outside a business's main enterprise.
Agribusiness
Congress could beef up meatpacking oversight this fall. But obstacles to enforcement remain.
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Bills introduced in the U.S. House and Senate would add lawyers in the USDA to prosecute complaints under the Packers and Stockyards Act. Experts and advocates have said the law has been weakened over the previous decades.
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Big Ag companies largely silent in wake of Roe v. Wade reversal
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Over the past month, Investigate Midwest contacted 11 leading Big Ag companies about their health care policies regarding abortion. Only one answered our questions.
Government
‘Time bomb’ lead pipes set to be removed. But first water utilities have to find them
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Water utilities have never been required to thoroughly inventory lead pipes except in a crisis. Health experts warn problems with these “underground poisonous straws” can arise out of the blue.
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Foreign investment in US cropland nearly triples in past decade, USDA data shows
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Growing foreign investment has spurred legislative action in states and Congress.