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Tag: agribusiness

Posted inAgribusiness

‘When a grocery store closes up and it’s your last one, you feel it immediately’

by Amanda Perez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America January 27, 2022January 26, 2022 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Rural areas are losing grocery stores but gaining other kinds of food retailers, such as dollar stores, according to the USDA.

Posted inAgribusiness, Government

Secret Acres: Foreign-owned agricultural land inaccurately tracked by government

by Jamie Grey, Emily Featherston, Cory Johnson and Lee Zurik, InvestigateTV January 26, 2022January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

As Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry booms, regulators struggle to keep up

by Seth Bodine, KOSU, and Clifton Adcock, The Frontier January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

COVID-19 disrupted supply chains. Now Illinois farmers face higher prices.

by Amanda Perez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

Corporate money keeps university ag schools ‘relevant,’ and makes them targets of donor criticism

by Johnathan Hettinger and Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest; Dana Cronin, Katie Peikes and Seth Bodine, Harvest Public Media November 15, 2021January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness, IowaWatch

The Iowa Farm Bureau is a small nonprofit. It’s sitting on a huge business empire.

by Sky Chadde and Eli Hoff, Investigate Midwest; Mark Ossolinski, Watchdog Writers Group October 7, 2021January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

Tyson Foods fined $1.5 million for exceeding the legal share of the soybean meal marketplace

by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest August 27, 2021January 19, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

Amid price-fixing indictment for poultry processors, growers say they continue to struggle

by Madeline Perry and Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting July 10, 2020July 13, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness, Health

Roundup maker Monsanto settles for over $10 billion in class action lawsuit

by Samuel Trilling June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted in#agalerts

#AgAlerts: Silo rescue; biofuel waivers; ag trade; EPA; dicamba on trial

by Cynthia Voelkl/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

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