This month, President Trump directed the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the nation’s largest meatpacking companies ...

It’s called the “California Effect.” When it comes to agricultural law, regulation and policy the state has often set trends ...

The primary way the federal government ensures families don’t go hungry is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...

More than a third of the world’s corn supply comes from America’s Corn Belt, a region of sprawling grain fields stretching from Nebraska to Ohio. But most of the seed varieties planted in those ...

This illustration highlights the impact of waste runoff, as seen in Postville, Iowa, where untreated waste from a local plant threatened the water supply of residents, many of whom work in the same ...

Brooke Rollins believes she is waging a new American Revolution, leading a crusade against Biblical darkness and guiding U.S. agriculture into a “golden age.” In her first six months as the nation’s ...

* Unlike similar states, Illinois does not require doctors to report possible pesticide exposure cases. * Under the state's "point system" for violators, spraying a human is equal to spraying without ...

This story is supported by funding from the Chicago Region Food Systems Fund. Esta historia también está disponible en español aquí. In Beardstown, Illinois, the Cuban couple had spent the past year ...

Eli Hoff is a Gary Marx Journalism Fund intern. In the mid-2000s, a poultry researcher approached James MacDonald, then a branch chief for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research ...

Soybeans sit in storage, farm bankruptcies are rising, and total farm debt continues to climb. By nearly every measure, American farmers are struggling. Experts say financial pressures are expected to ...

A farmer sprays pesticides, which are classification of substances utilized to protect crops, on May 21, 2025 in Senath, Missouri. photo by Michael Baniewicz, for Investigate Midwest Unyielding is a ...

This story was originally published by Gray Television’s national investigative team, InvestigateTV. Gray’s National Investigative Team is covering issues surrounding transparency in agriculture.