GRAPHIC: Chicken prices continue to rise, costing U.S. consumers …
Oct 12, 2023 · The price of chicken products on grocery store shelves continues to rise, even as major producers close plants across the country. The cost-per-pound of a whole chicken has increased by roughly 34% from August 2021 to August 2023, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor. This translates to an additional 50 cents per […]
What you need to know about Tyson’s former contract growers
May 8, 2024 · Investigate Midwest spent months investigating how the company’s decision to close plants across the country affected contract growers.
Slaughterhouses across the country: A collaborative map
Nov 27, 2013 · The meat industry has once been concentrated in cities like Chicago and Kansas City. But it had left for small towns in rural areas, which were now struggling to provide the necessary social services to the immigrants who followed. How could we begin to show those demographic changes? And what could we do about the fact that there was no readily available list of the biggest slaughterhouses ...
Breaking down the use of glyphosate in the U.S.
May 26, 2019 · The standard rate of glyphosate use on crops is .75 pounds per acre; however, as weeds grow taller, manufacturers recommend as much as 1.5 pounds per acre, according to Dupont Pioneer. While estimates show the largest corn and soybean producing states hovered around that rate, the states with smaller soybean and corn crops used much more.
Seresto pet collars under EPA review, but the fight over their safety ...
Jun 24, 2021 · The collars, which release small amounts of pesticide onto the fur of cats and dogs for months at a time, were the subject of 75,000 EPA incident reports, including at least 1,698 pet deaths, since their introduction to the market nine years ago.. But any determination by the EPA about the product’s safety is likely to take years – up to a decade or more – based on the agency’s history ...
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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 influential corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism. Started in 2009 by journalist Mike Sherry, Investigate Midwest provides training and education for students, professional ...
Midwest farmers advocate for steady policies amid trade challenges
Oct 15, 2024 · Just as he did in 2016 and 2020, Iowa farmer and rancher Lance Lillibridge plans to vote for Donald Trump this November. However, this self-described conservative said his vote for the former president will come with concerns. “His policies didn’t do us any good; his tariffs didn’t do us any good,” said Lillibridge, referring to […]
Large animal feeding operations on the rise - Investigate Midwest
Jun 7, 2018 · The number of new concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) have increased across the U.S. over the past six years - bringing the total operations just under 20,000, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency. From 2011 to 2017, the United States saw more than 1,400 new large-scale concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) established. That’s up 7.6 percent. Here's ...
Despite hundreds of millions in tax dollars, ADM’s carbon capture ...
Nov 19, 2020 · This project was funded by The Lumpkin Foundation.Join us in December for a panel discussion on carbon capture in the Midwest. Click here to sign up.. Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world’s largest agribusiness companies, has received $281 million in federal tax dollars since 2009 for carbon capture and storage projects to combat climate change. ...
GRAPHIC: In most major pork states, large hog farms have gotten …
Feb 20, 2024 · Almost every top hog producing state has seen an increase in the number of pigs raised on large farms in the past 20 years, according to an analysis of newly released Census of Agriculture data.