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Millions of livestock die each year while being transported. Those cases are rarely investigated by the USDA.
On Aug. 22, 2024, a semi-trailer truck owned by Demaree Trucking, LLC, was hit by another semi on Interstate 57 in eastern ...
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Trump’s funding freeze chills agriculture industry
President Donald Trump’s order to freeze most federal grants and loans has created panic and uncertainty within the ...
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Farm households will see more tax liability when Trump tax cuts expire
One of President Donald Trump’s first-term achievements was a major tax cut, which he signed into law in 2017. The Tax Cuts ...
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Author Archives: Ben Felder, Investigate MidwestEditor in chief
Corn, the nation’s largest crop, is produced for a variety of uses, including food for humans and animals, alcohol for fuel and exports to foreign countries. Almost all of those uses have increased ...
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134M poultry and counting: Interactive charts show hardest-hit counties in bird flu crisis
Note: An earlier version of this story did not correctly combine county data, leading to an inflated number associated with ...
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Iowa immigrants fear the Trump administration’s move toward mass deportation
President Donald Trump’s pledge to enact mass deportations has spread fear and panic across Iowa’s immigrant communities, ...
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Trump ag secretary nominee says food issues from mass deportations are ‘hypothetical’
Farmers have begun raising concerns about the potential impact of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations on their ...
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With Lee Zeldin tapped to head EPA, President Trump sets the stage for regulatory rollbacks
Lee Zeldin, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, is poised to spearhead a sweeping ...