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

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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 ...

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

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

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 ...

View of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant by the no-trespassing boundary on the shore of Lake Michigan. photo by S. Nicole Lane, for Investigate Midwest COVERT, Michigan — The Palisades Nuclear ...

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