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Years later, little action on recommendations for Iowa’s pesticide inspections

By Lauren Wade/Iowa Watch | January 23, 2019

Problems the Iowa State Auditor’s office identified in a 2012 audit and subsequent reports and recommendations for investigating Iowa’s pesticide use violations still linger years later.

Federal judge strikes Iowa ‘ag-gag’ Law

By Lyle Muller/ Iowa Watch | January 11, 2019

A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a 2012 Iowa law that banned undercover recording at agricultural production facilities in the state, saying the law’s primary aim is curbing speech critical of practices at those facilities.

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

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

Coronavirus outbreaks climb at U.S. meatpacking plants despite protections, Trump order

Coronavirus outbreaks at U.S. meatpacking plants continue to soar as the beleaguered industry ramps up production, scales back plant closures and tries to return to normal in the weeks after President Donald Trump declared it an essential operation.

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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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#AgAlerts: Relief plans; small town groceries, grain bin accidents; farmer suicides

A roundup of news, reports, and research on agribusiness and related issues. Contractors selected for USDA food box program raise more red flags | The Counter The Counter has found additional inconsistencies in a list of contractors approved for the agency’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program.

Opinion

Opinion: Is Earth on a collision course with self-destruction?

And so the question must be asked. Is the planet headed down a path where the slashing of regulations on methane and greenhouse gas emissions, the dumbing down of coal plant regulations, the desire to significantly increase offshore drilling and fracking and the willingness to toss aside the Paris Accord result in long-term irreversible impacts on our climate?

From the USDA

Secretary Perdue Statement on Dicamba Plaintiffs’ Attack on EPA Order

(Washington, D.C., June 12, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement: "USDA supports the actions taken by the EPA to respond responsibly to the decision of the Ninth Circuit regarding Dicamba. At a time when the security of the food supply chain is paramount, the Center for Biological Diversity and its allies seek to cripple American farmers and further limit their ability to feed, fuel, and clothe this nation and the world.

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Years later, little action on recommendations for Iowa’s pesticide inspections

By Lauren Wade/Iowa Watch | January 23, 2019

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Federal judge strikes Iowa ‘ag-gag’ Law

By Lyle Muller/ Iowa Watch | January 11, 2019

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