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May 7, 2025 · Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public interest by serving as a watchdog over influential agricultural corporations and …
Breaking down the use of glyphosate in the U.S.
May 26, 2019 · Glyphosate is the most used pesticide on U.S. agricultural crops, with the nation using an estimated 287 million pounds in 2016, according to an analysis by the Midwest …
Underage workers, millions of dollars and trucks full of dead …
Apr 30, 2025 · Underage labor flagged during bird flu response in Colorado. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment employees surveyed contract workers at both Colorado …
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Investigate Midwest (previously The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting) is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public as a watchdog over …
134M poultry and counting: Interactive charts show hardest-hit …
Jan 21, 2025 · On Jan. 17, health officials in Georgia, the nation's leading state for chicken production, announced it was suspending poultry sales after detecting bird flu, for the first …
National Nature Assessment Archives - Investigate Midwest
Feb 6, 2025 · What a difference you'd make - for as little as $5/month. Investigative journalism doesn’t just happen behind a desk. It happens in the field, where our reporters uncover the …
FTC should not let John Deere off the hook - Investigate Midwest
Feb 19, 2025 · Just days before Donald Trump moved back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, in a heavily redacted complaint, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued farm equipment …
Mass terminations have cut USDA ‘off at the knees,’ ex-employees …
Feb 25, 2025 · Mass terminations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are “crippling” the agency, upending federal workers’ lives and leaving farmers and rural communities without needed …
Axed once, USDA employees anxiously await potentially being …
Mar 25, 2025 · Sourcing & Methodology Statement: Interviews. Several USDA employees. News stories “‘Put Them In Trauma’: inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda,” …
Author Archives: Justin Perkins and Joel Bleifuss, Barn Raiser
Apr 7, 2025 · What a difference you'd make - for as little as $5/month. Investigative journalism doesn’t just happen behind a desk. It happens in the field, where our reporters uncover the …