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Dicamba on Trial

Dicamba on trial: Peach farmer’s case against Bayer, BASF set to begin Monday

By Johnathan Hettinger/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | January 24, 2020

After five years of reported crop damage by the weed killer dicamba, German agribusiness companies Bayer and BASF will head to trial next week to defend themselves against charges that they intentionally caused the problem in order to increase their profits.

Database: Tracking Covid-19’s impact on meatpacking workers and industry

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) meat inspectors and graders perform their mission.

Opinion

Opinion: Inspector General slaps USDA on the wrist (should it be more?)

The Inspector General report released last month found USDA “neither ensured that the data in the proposed rule were presented in an accurate manner nor disclosed all known limitations of the data.”

From the USDA

USDA provides update on investigation following 2019 Tyson beef plant closure and COVID-19 pandemic

(Washington, D.C., July 22, 2020) - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a Boxed Beef and Fed Cattle Price Spread Investigation Report on its ongoing boxed beef and fed cattle price spread investigation. "The closure of the Tyson beef packing plant in Holcomb, Kansas, after a fire at the facility, and the COVID-19 pandemic clearly disrupted the markets and processing systems responsible for the production and sale of U.S. beef," said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.

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SEEDS OF DESPAIR: Isolated, and with limited access to mental-health care, hundreds are dying by suicide.

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Dicamba on Trial

Dicamba on trial: Peach farmer’s case against Bayer, BASF set to begin Monday

By Johnathan Hettinger/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | January 24, 2020

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