Nov 11, 2024 · This story was originally published by Barn Raiser. In the mid 1980s, Thomas Eich’s grandparents, who farmed corn and soybeans, enrolled in the newly established Conservation Reserve Program, administered via the U.S. Department of Agriculture to incentivize farmers to cease farming on environmentally sensitive land. His grandfather signed up for the program to help restore […]

Nov 20, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has promised to begin his second term with the largest mass deportation in history, making the jobs held by undocumented workers available to U.S. citizens. Undocumented immigrants make up only 5% of the total labor force, according to the most recent federal data from the U.S. Census Bureau and analysis from the […]

Nov 6, 2024 · In a return to the White House, President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to overturn climate regulations and deregulate the agriculture industry.

Jun 15, 2018 · The increasing use in the health care arena of trauma-informed care in treating victims of child abuse and other trauma is rooted in the war experiences of battled-scared veterans of the Vietnam War.

Oct 28, 2024 · Tyson Foods is being investigated by the Department of Labor for employing minors at two of its Arkansas poultry processing plants. This investigation comes at the height of child labor law violations in the past 10 years, according to DOL data. The number of child labor law violations has increased 35% in the last decade. […]

Nov 13, 2024 · Donald Trump's support in farming counties This map shows the nation's 444 farming-dependent counties and President-elect Donald Trump's share of the vote in each. Trump won all but 11 of these counties in the 2024 presidential election.

Nov 29, 2024 · WEST BEND, Iowa – Just shy of 800 residents, West Bend is barely a blip on a prairie landscape. But this small northern Iowa town has become a hub for the nation’s growing organic farming sector, challenging the notion that pesticides and other agricultural chemicals are required to feed the world. The town’s towering grain […]

Oct 23, 2024 · A former Florida rancher battling Parkinson’s disease reflects on years of using paraquat, as thousands of lawsuits claim the herbicide contributed to their illness and new documents shed light on the ongoing legal fight.

Dec 17, 2024 · Investigative / Enterprise: Agribusiness Tyson Foods cut contracts with poultry farmers. Now the company is working to silence their legal fight.

Dec 16, 2024 · With their grip on the industry’s intellectual property, Bayer and Corteva also control the majority of the market for corn and soybeans, according to USDA research using proprietary data. The two companies also control large swaths of pesticide markets. A third chemical company, Syngenta, also owns many corn and soybean patents. The USDA has said the concentration in intellectual property ...