GRAPHIC: How the rail industry’s shrinking workforce is impacting wheat production
Among the biggest challenges to hit the nation’s wheat industry in recent years — global instability, drought and inflation — […]
In Minnesota, families blame farm nutrient contamination for heavy cancer toll
BERNE, Minn. – It was a hot afternoon in mid-July and 60-year-old Brian Bennerotte was making a pilgrimage of sorts, […]
‘Black farmers and ranchers, it’s a dying deal.’
The morning sun hugs the horizon just as Nate Bradford Jr. hops into his pickup truck to make the hour drive home. Many in this rural Oklahoma town are getting ready to go to work. Bradford is getting off. He works as a gas plant operator, earning around $70,000 a year. This story also appeared […]
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The Cowboy Way and the Color Line (Transcript)
It’s a Saturday morning in eastern Oklahoma. The sky is clear and big…the air is sticky and hot — and the mosquitos are vicious. I’m here to meet a local rancher named Nate Bradford Jr. One of our producers, Camille, is with me. We’re at Nate’s corral: a cluster of pens on rolling, grassy land. […]
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FDA increases enforcement on imported seafood and apple juice
The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food […]
As Mississippi River levels swing between historic highs and lows, shipping industry grapples with how to adapt
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — On a typical day, Pete Ciaramitaro monitors towboats from his Memphis office as they carry cargo up […]
Food firm in Indonesia warned over Seafood violations
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some […]
GRAPHIC: Agricultural labor costs are projected to rise by nearly 2% in 2023
In August, the USDA’s Economic Research Service released forecasts indicating that overall cash labor expenditures within the U.S. agricultural sector […]
Wisconsin journalist John McCracken to cover U.S. meat industry
Investigate Midwest is pleased to announce journalist John McCracken has joined its editorial staff and will cover the industrial meat […]
Opinion: EPA promises to look under the hood of CAFO operations
Finally. At long last the Environmental Protection Agency has recognized that maybe, just maybe, environmental groups have a point that […]