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Agribusiness

Despite case of bird flu in a human, experts say risk to public and poultry workers remains low

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | May 12, 2022

The ongoing avian flu outbreak has caused the loss of 37 million birds since February.

COVID-19 and Meatpacking

Tyson Foods authored draft version of Trump’s 2020 executive order to keep meatpacking plants open during COVID-19 pandemic, emails show

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | May 12, 2022

The Tyson revelation is one finding in a new congressional report that details the myriad ways meat executives and sympathetic government allies influenced federal coronavirus response at the expense of worker safety.

OSHA and USDA should have collaborated more to protect meatpacking workers from COVID-19, government watchdog says

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest | April 5, 2022

An Office of Inspector General report released Tuesday concluded the two agencies could have done more to ensure the safety of meatpacking plant workers.

Department of Homeland Security

Opening this spring in Kansas: A high-tech lab researching livestock diseases

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | March 30, 2022

At the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, researchers will try to find cures for and ways to prevent highly contagious diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease, affecting livestock and humans.

Farm Service Agency

GRAPHIC: Midwestern states received most direct operating loans last year

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | March 30, 2022

The loans are provided to farmers who don't qualify for credit from other lenders.

GRAPHIC: Fertilizer prices are spiking ahead of the planting season

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest | February 24, 2022

The USDA expects the prices to affect some producers' plans.

Government

Promised debt relief, some Black farmers get collection notices

By April Simpson, Center for Public Integrity | February 18, 2022

Confusion, anxiety as USDA effort is in limbo.

Black farmers

An Illinois bill aims to counteract a decades-long trend: The decline of the Black farmer

By Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America | February 15, 2022

“This bill could help usher in a new generation of African American farmers,” a Black producer said. “But, if it fails, it’s gonna continue to dwindle.”

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Cows in a field

GRAPHIC: Large family farms produced most beef, hogs and dairy in 2020

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest | January 19, 2022

Large family farms in the beef industry are more likely to operate feed lots, according to the USDA.

GMO

Opinion: New labeling rules won’t make it easier to avoid GMOs

By Dave Dickey, Commentator | January 19, 2022

Welcome to 2022 and the shiny new federal labeling rule that will require manufactures to disclose when foods are BIOENGINEERED! Sort of....

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

USDA photo by Preston Keres

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

SERESTO: what we’ve discovered so far about the popular collars linked to pet injuries and deaths

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