This story was originally published by The New Lede. Agricultural operations across Iowa are a leading cause of significant ...

This story was originally published by The New Lede. Agricultural operations across Iowa are a leading cause of significant water pollution problems in the state, posing dire risks to public and ...

Most U.S. states have experienced a decline in the number of households using the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

TimelineJS EmbedThis 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 ...

For Pepper Roberts, running a successful farm comes down to managing risk and planning for potential challenges. While other ...

If you live in a small town, you probably have fewer grocery stores than you did 30 years ago — and fewer choices inside them ...

Investigate Midwest’s Monica Cordero explored why President Donald Trump’s second trade war could hit U.S. farmers harder than his first. Her story reported on the various financial challenges farmers ...

On June 10, dozens of masked federal agents filed into the Glenn Valley Foods meatpacking plant in South Omaha, presenting a ...

This week, swaths of the U.S. are dealing with high temperatures and warnings of heat stroke, a potentially deadly condition. The heat wave comes just as federal regulators have convened public ...

Investigate Midwest has welcomed two interns who bring fresh eyes and sharp skills to our work covering food, agriculture, ...

At least 11 Tyson plants had significant layoffs in 2023, some of which were closed permanently, according to the company’s filings with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which ...

The new leader of the U.S. Senate’s agriculture committee, Arkansas’ John Boozman, has several ties to meatpacking behemoths, including Tyson Foods, and has recently resisted efforts by his fellow ...