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Wisconsin leads the nation in farm bankruptcies. This area has the most.

By Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, and Alyssa Allemand, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism | April 14, 2020

Wisconsin had had the most farmers file for Chapter 12, or farm, bankruptcy in recent years. But one area has a particularly high concentration of filings.

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

#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: DOJ is just warming up in discovering Big Meat collusion

The recent meat industry indictment is damning. If the DOJ is invested in ending corruption, more indictments will follow.

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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Wisconsin leads the nation in farm bankruptcies. This area has the most.

By Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, and Alyssa Allemand, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism | April 14, 2020

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