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US Supreme Court hands a win to some property owners, but remains silent on bigger issue
When we last visited Texas’ claim that several of the state’s property owners didn’t have the right to sue for damages to ...
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GRAPHIC: High-speed internet access for farmers varies by state
A little more than half of all farms in America have access to broadband, according to the US Census of Agriculture.
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What you need to know about Tyson’s former contract growers
Investigate Midwest spent months investigating how the company’s decision to close plants across the country affected ...
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Tyson Foods released 371 million pounds of pollution into U.S. waterways: report
Meat processing company Tyson Foods released at least 371.7 million pounds of pollution into U.S. waterways between 2018 and ...
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GRAPHIC: USDA has received almost 1,000 complaints about operations selling ‘organic’ products without certification in recent years
More than half of the investigations resulted in compliance or a civil penalty, according to newly released data.
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EPA in the Crosshairs
While industry proponents still see the EPA’s administrator as their foe — deserving of Louisiana prison time, one says — ...
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Response to avian flu in US dairy herd lacking
Which takes us to the shocking USDA announcement on March 25 that avian influenza has been detected for the first time ever in dairy cattle. A month later, on April 23, the Food and Drug ...
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The US labor department added new farmworker protections, but agency needs more resources ‘to do what we need to do,’ agency head says
Julie Su, the acting labor secretary, at a U.S. Department of Labor event in Santa Rosa, California, on Friday, April 26, 2024. photo by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest SANTA ROSA, California — Visit ...