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Growing foreign investment has spurred legislative action in states and Congress.
April 19, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/04/19/foreign-investment-in-us-cropland-nearly-triples-in-past-decade-usda-data-shows/Since 2005, the number of pesticide registrations has more than doubled, while the number of employees has dropped by a quarter.
April 15, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/04/15/graphic-new-epa-data-shows-fewer-staff-overseeing-more-pesticide-registrations/According to internal communication, EPA staff were also told to not mention in emails the popular Seresto collar, the source of myriad complaints.
March 24, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/03/24/seresto-epa-fda-elanco/“We import 80% of the fertilizer we use from outside the U.S. so the situation in eastern Europe will affect those supply chain issues around the world," one farm bureau representative said.
March 3, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/03/03/shuttered-offices-potentially-high-fertilizer-costs-heres-what-the-situation-in-ukraine-means-for-u-s-agriculture/Under the new approach, the EPA recently banned certain pesticides in more than a 100 U.S. counties.
February 24, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/02/24/a-pretty-big-sea-change-epa-says-it-will-consider-endangered-species-when-approving-new-pesticides-without-the-threat-of-lawsuits/In 2013, mammoth U.S. investment company TIAA-CREF gave $5 million to the University of Illinois — to study an area of investment where the company has made a, sometimes controversial, name for itself.
November 16, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/11/16/a-giant-investment-firm-paid-a-university-to-study-one-of-its-biggest-assets-farmland/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.
November 8, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/11/08/maker-of-seresto-defends-flea-and-tick-collar-amid-calls-for-a-ban-over-safety-concerns/Read the most important takeaways from our continuing investigation into the popular flea-and-tick collar for pets.
November 4, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/11/04/seresto-short-form-what-weve-discovered-so-far-about-the-popular-collars-linked-to-pet-injuries-and-deaths/The maker of a popular flea and tick collar did not report thousands of adverse incidents to federal authorities as required until after an investigation by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting (Investigate Midwest) and USA TODAY was published.
September 24, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/09/24/seresto-flea-collar-adverse-incidents-climb-after-company-submits-11000-more-reports-to-epa/The federal agency said it is “extremely concerned” about damage in 2021, just one year after dicamba was re-registered for five years. The letters sent to chemical companies also alleged they have not shared all relevant information with the agency.
September 10, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/09/10/epa-asks-bayer-basf-for-more-information-on-2021-dicamba-damage/