The only way to significantly reduce phosphorus levels in Oklahoma’s eastern waterways is to ban the use of chicken litter as ...

This story was updated Dec. 18, 2024, for clarification and to correct misspellings.  DEXTER, Missouri – On an early August ...

Despite remaining tight-lipped about its investigation into Tyson Foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has collected ...

A new report from environmental watchdog group Food & Water Watch suggests that almost 2 million fish were killed from manure ...

Meatpacking plants closed at an unprecedented rate this year, accelerated by a number of factors such as rising livestock costs, workforce shortages, food safety violations and foodborne illnesses, ...

Citing a recent Watchdog Writers Group and Investigate Midwest investigation, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, accused ...

For most of 2024, there was not a clear choice regarding which agricultural issue or event would emerge as the most consequential. A case could be made for any number of hot button topics. But late in ...

This story was updated Dec. 18, 2024, for clarification and to correct misspellings. DEXTER, Missouri – On an early August morning in 2023, Shawn Hinkle received a call from one of his technicians at ...

Data-driven journalism is at the core of Investigate Midwest’s mission. It fuels our reporting on corporate agriculture. In addition to our deeply reported stories, a chart or graphic can go a long ...