Farm programs, USDA would shrink under Project 2025 goals for ag
Jul 19, 2024 · Crop Insurance: Project 2025 states taxpayers should not pay more than 50% of crop-insurance premiums. Cutting insurance subsidies to 47% would save an estimated $8.1 billion a year and only reduce insured acres roughly 1%. This also runs counter to the House version of the farm bill, which boosts premium subsidies for countywide policies and ...
Breaking down the use of glyphosate in the U.S.
May 26, 2019 · Glyphosate is the most used pesticide on U.S. agricultural crops, with the nation using an estimated 287 million pounds in 2016, according to an analysis by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. And sales continue to grow, with market researchers predicting the glyphosate market to grow to $8.5 billion to $10 billion annually by 2021 ...
How clean is the upper Mississippi River? New report finds signs of ...
Jan 9, 2024 · A new report released Tuesday from the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association found that although water quality has generally improved in the upper river in past decades, new threats, such as road salt and lead, are emerging.. The report tracked 19 indicators of water quality — including phosphorus, nitrogen, chloride, heavy metals and total suspended solids — over 30 years across the ...
Climate report indicates dire future for Mississippi River ...
Nov 30, 2023 · Once the drought passes, riverine flooding is expected to increase in the Ohio, upper Mississippi and parts of the Missouri Rivers. This high-water and longer-lasting flooding is also expected to negatively impact the Mississippi River basin’s floodplain forests by soaking the trees more than they can stand.. Periods of high rainfall are also causing damage through the runoff of fertilizers ...
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Tyson Foods is being investigated by the USDA
Aug 16, 2024 · The Packers and Stockyard Division is actively investigating Tyson Foods, one of the largest meat companies in the nation, according to interviews with contract growers and a USDA employee. The PSD, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is tasked with investigating violations of the Packers and Stockyard Act and handing out enforcement ...
Despite hundreds of millions in tax dollars, ADM’s carbon capture ...
Nov 19, 2020 · This project was funded by The Lumpkin Foundation.Join us in December for a panel discussion on carbon capture in the Midwest. Click here to sign up.. Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world’s largest agribusiness companies, has received $281 million in federal tax dollars since 2009 for carbon capture and storage projects to combat climate change. ...
The Rise And Fall Of Stagecoaches In Iowa - Investigate Midwest
May 20, 2017 · Over the years shares in the company rose from $100 to $2,000 per share. But times changed, and new forms of transportation took a toll on the stagecoach businesses. Trains could move people and freight much faster. In July 1870 the Western State Company dissolved.
GRAPHIC: Foreign-owned land growing across the United ...
Nov 29, 2023 · Foreign-owned land nationwide remained steady at around 15 million acres during the 1980s and 1990s, according to USDA records. But foreign-owned acres have increased significantly over the last decade, topping 40 million in 2021. Some states, like Oklahoma, and members of Congress have highlighted land owned by Chinese companies.
What you need to know about Tyson’s former contract growers
May 8, 2024 · Former Tyson contract growers who spoke to Investigate Midwest said they have had to take out upwards of $2 million loans to become Tyson contract growers. These loans are used to build or purchase chicken barns to grow chickens under contract for Tyson, a common practice across the poultry industry. The cost of raising chickens increased 35% ...