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WEB2 days ago · Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest August 19, 2024. Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public interest by exposing dangerous and costly practices of influential agricultural corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism.
Jennifer Bamberg, Investigate Midwest
WEBFeb 7, 2024 · Jennifer Bamberg covers agribusiness and food systems policy in Illinois for Investigate Midwest. Bamberg previously worked as a freelance reporter in Chicago, covering labor, housing, police misconduct and public health.
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GRAPHIC: In most major pork states, large hog farms have gotten …
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · The five states now account for about 70% of the nation’s hog population. The number of hogs on large farms in Iowa increased 76% since 2002. North Carolina was the only major pork state with a decrease in hogs on these farms, with a 16% decline. As of 2022, farms with at least 1,000 hogs have accounted for nearly all production in these ...
More foreign ownership of U.S. beef processors raises food safety ...
WEBDec 18, 2019 · Brazilian-owned companies now control two of the four meatpacking companies that process around 74% of all beef in the United States, according to the North American Meat Institute, a trade association representing meat processors. While JBS S.A. is significantly larger than Marfrig’s National Beef, …
Tyson Foods is being investigated by the USDA
WEBAug 16, 2024 · A Tyson Plant on West Olrich Street in Rogers, Arkansas, on June 28, 2020. photo by Spencer Tirey, for Investigate Midwest. The Packers and Stockyard Division is actively investigating Tyson Foods, one of the largest meat companies in the nation, according to interviews with contract growers and a USDA employee.
‘Is this legal?’: Why an obscure data service has been sued nearly …
WEBJul 29, 2021 · The question remains unanswered, albeit not for lack of trying: Agri Stats — a widely utilized, privately-held data and analytics firm for the meat processing industry — has been named in more than 90 lawsuits since 2016, making it the second-most sued company in the industry over that time span (Tyson Foods is first). All the lawsuits accuse the company of facilitating anti-competitive ...
About Investigate Midwest
WEBInvestigate 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 ...
Meatpacking plants have long relied on immigrant labor. Now, …
WEBAug 19, 2021 · Martin Rosas, the president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 2 that represents workers at Seaboard, said workers are conditioned not to complain because they have to go through the rehiring process each year. “The company gives them a different color of hat,” he said. “That alone makes them a target by the supervisor, by anyone who wants to mistreat workers.”
Breaking down the use of glyphosate in the U.S.
WEBMay 26, 2019 · All total – the Midwest used 188.7 million pounds of glyphosate on crops and cropland in 2016 – up from 4.6 million pounds in 1992. Click on the map to see the most used pesticides by state in the Midwest (continues) The standard rate of glyphosate use on crops is .75 pounds per acre; however, as …
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