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Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world's largest agribusinesses, has yet to make good on its promise to capture a million tons of carbon a year at its Decature, Illinois, facility.
November 19, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/11/19/despite-hundreds-of-millions-in-tax-dollars-adms-carbon-capture-program-still-hasnt-met-promised-goals/The American Soybean Association and the Plains Cotton Growers contend the EPA overstepped in its new restrictions on the weed killer dicamba.
November 17, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/11/17/soybean-and-cotton-growers-sue-epa-over-new-dicamba-restrictions/The pesticide harmed tens of thousands of farmers, overwhelmed state agriculture departments and damaged research plots across the United States, according to documents the federal agency released Tuesday. Wide swaths of natural areas and rural communities were also poisoned.
October 29, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/10/29/epa-documents-show-dicamba-damage-worse-than-previously-thought/Environmental groups pledge legal action to challenge decision.
October 27, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/10/27/epa-allows-use-of-dicamba-through-2025-with-new-restrictions/The Trump administration in recent days took steps toward continuing to allow the use of two popular pesticides linked to developmental issues in children.
September 24, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/09/24/epa-takes-steps-to-allow-continued-use-of-pesticides-linked-to-cancer-brain-development-issues-in-children/“He took actions that cost U.S. farmers a lot of money, and potentially have a lot of long-term downsides,” said Joseph Glauber, a former USDA Chief Economist and senior research fellow at the International Food Research Center. “But you can have as bad of policy as you want, if you can silence the critics by giving them a bunch of money.”
September 23, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/09/23/trump-administration-launches-second-round-of-coronavirus-money-to-farmers-as-critics-question-long-term-impact/A lawsuit filed this week by the National Black Farmers Association seeks to stop agribusiness giant Bayer from selling Roundup, its popular herbicide that has been linked to cancer in recent years.
August 28, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/08/28/as-questions-mount-about-roundup-settlement-black-farmers-sue-monsanto-to-stop-herbicides-sales/Called the Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act of 2020, the bill provides a framework for fixing a regulatory system sponsors Sen. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) and Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colorado) dub “broken and outdated”.
August 26, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/08/26/new-pesticide-regulations-would-fix-broken-and-outdated-system-at-the-epa-sponsors-say/A new report from conservation groups says that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should not re-approve the herbicide dicamba for use on genetically modified crops until the agency can prove it doesn’t harm wildlife.
August 12, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/08/12/conservation-groups-push-epa-to-deny-dicamba-registration-over-wildlife-concerns/A new genetically engineered corn seed designed by Bayer to be sprayed by up to five herbicides could represent the future of farming. But for how long?
July 3, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/07/03/new-bayer-engineered-seed-raises-questions-among-experts-on-the-future-of-weed-control/