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1/2 🧵 I got some professional news! Last week I began my new role as interim editor at Investigate Midwest. I’m thrilled to be working on an investigative nonprofit with such an important mission and focus on big agribusiness and institutions. Corporate media is broken. mailchi.mp/investigatem...
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Pesticide use and cancer risk are on the same growth path in Iowa and other Midwest states. Must read.
Pesticide use and cancer risk rise together across America’s heartland - Investigate Midwest
Increasingly, pesticides are being blamed for rising cancer rates across America’s agricultural communities. Hardin County, home to around 800 farms, has a pesticide use rate more than four times the...
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THREAD: Jack Link’s has spent years cozying up to Trump and now it wants a bigger stake in food policy. What's on your kid’s lunch tray might be up for grabs. Read our investigation here: investigatemidwest.org/2025/07/30/j... #SNAP #JackLinks #FoodPolicy
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@yanqixu.bsky.social and @skychadde.bsky.social exposed how a hog-farming empire owned by a US Governor polluted groundwater with a cancer-linked chemical, revealing deep-rooted issues of political influence and regulatory neglect. @sejorg.bsky.social interviewed Xu: https://twp.ai/9PTJP7
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Uncovering the Hidden Environmental Impact of an Industrial-scale Hog Farm
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Underage workers, millions of dollars and trucks full of dead chickens — inside the business of killing in response to bird flu - Investigate Midwest
When a poultry farm tests positive for bird flu, the clock starts. Within the first 72 hours, farmers start depopulating, an industry term for killing contaminated flocks. Despite the sweltering heat ...
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“This is a pattern,” said one longtime USDA employee. “Fire or force out people now, learn what their job is later." investigatemidwest.org/2025/04/24/a...
After forcing resignations, USDA tries to walk back staff cuts and calls frontline workers ‘vital’ - Investigate Midwest
After forcing the departure of several hundred U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists and inspectors who prevent invasive pest and disease outbreaks, the Trump administration is trying to reverse c...
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Several hundred workers who keep invasive pests out of the US accept Trump’s buyouts - Investigate Midwest
Several hundred federal employees who help keep invasive pests and plant diseases out of the United States have accepted buyout offers from the Trump administration, which could leave the agricultural...
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In tough times, they sold farmers cheaper fungicides. A top manufacturer, Syngenta, intervened. - Investigate Midwest
When faced with generic competition, Syngenta tried to prevent cheaper pesticide options from reaching farmers, court records show. The company said it was protecting its investments and helping consu...
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Axed once, USDA employees anxiously await potentially being fired again - Investigate Midwest
Following judges’ orders, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun reinstating employees who were fired en masse in February. But now, many of those workers who are being paid not to perform any d...
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Hmm, USDA's Brooke Rollins says the Biden administration didn't do anything on avian flu, then it announces... continuing a program that Biden did? www.wsj.com/opinion/agri...
Fired #USDA employees told Investigate Midwest the #Trump admin's terminations have stalled irrigation projects, rural housing aid and efforts to combat invasive crop diseases. Remaining staff are overwhelmed, and farmers may not receive needed and timely help. story via @skychadde.bsky.social
Mass terminations have cut USDA ‘off at the knees,’ ex-employees say - Investigate Midwest
More than a dozen recently fired USDA employees told Investigate Midwest that mass terminations have stalled irrigation projects, rural housing aid and efforts to combat invasive crop diseases. Remain...
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Mass terminations have cut USDA ‘off at the knees,’ ex-employees say - Investigate Midwest
More than a dozen recently fired USDA employees told Investigate Midwest that mass terminations have stalled irrigation projects, rural housing aid and efforts to combat invasive crop diseases. Remain...
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With Brooke Rollins confirmed as ag secretary today, here's what she said about the effects of mass deportations on the ag industry, w/ @jmcjmc.bsky.social @investigatemidwest.bsky.social investigatemidwest.org/2025/01/24/t...
Trump ag secretary nominee says food issues from mass deportations are ‘hypothetical’ - Investigate Midwest
Farmers have begun raising concerns about the potential impact of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations on their operations, but the president’s nominee for agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins,...
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"Anytime that a tariff is put on goods that I sell or export to those countries, that’s going to put me at a disadvantage to the marketplace,” an Iowa farmer said. investigatemidwest.org/2025/02/12/p...
President Trump’s tariffs bring return of uncertainty for America’s farmers - Investigate Midwest
Bob Hemesath has spent his entire life on his Northeast Iowa farm, raising corn and hogs alongside his brother. His business depends on open global markets and stable trade agreements. But under Donal...
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EPA environmental justice staff ousted amid ongoing industrial ag complaints - Investigate Midwest
President Donald Trump has significantly reduced staffing within a civil rights office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency currently investigating dozens of complaints, including two involving...
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Hey y’all, late to the party but here is some work I’ve done in past several years. Our newsroom investigates how Big Ag intersects with labor, the environment and government policy (and we love collaborating!) investigatemidwest.org
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