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.
Black farmers
An Illinois bill aims to counteract a decades-long trend: The decline of the Black farmer
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“This bill could help usher in a new generation of African American farmers,” a Black producer said. “But, if it fails, it’s gonna continue to dwindle.”
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.
Government
Former OSHA officials urge court to side with workers in case against OSHA
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The case involves one of the "most important tools" workers have to compel the agency to protect them.
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."
afida
Secret Acres: Foreign-owned agricultural land inaccurately tracked by government
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Federal law requires disclosure, but those records are incomplete.
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.
Health
Maker of Seresto defends flea and tick collar amid calls for a ban over safety concerns
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The company behind the popular Seresto flea-and-tick collar has filed a lengthy defense of the safety of its product amid calls for federal regulars to ban over concerns of harm and death to the pets who wear it.
Government
SERESTO SHORT-FORM: What we’ve discovered so far about the popular collars linked to pet injuries and deaths
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Read the most important takeaways from our continuing investigation into the popular flea-and-tick collar for pets.