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Podcast: Farmland ownership in the U.S. and how it relates to food security

By Johnathan Hettinger/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | July 24, 2017

What does an increases in foreign investment mean for farmers in Iowa? IowaWatch Connection, a statewide radio program, dug into the issue of foreign investment and food security.

Agribusiness

U.S. files complaint against China over trade violations

By Johnathan Hettinger/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | December 15, 2016

The complaint, the 15th filed against China by the Obama administration since 2009, argues that China is not “transparent, predictable or fair” in its administration of tariff-rate quotients, which protect its domestic farmers by taxing imports at a higher rate.