John McCracken

1 month ago | investigatemidwest.org | John McCracken |Investigate Midwest

The chickens do not slow down. Workers hang featherless bodies upside down onto hooks, cut the limbs and wings off the birds, and automated machines separate viscera from meat, slicing through 144 chickens a minute. Duvan Tomas Perez’s job was to sanitize the machines that remove chicken’s bones and organs at the Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where over 100 million birds are slaughtered each year. He shouldn’t have been there. The machine shouldn’t have turned on.

1 month ago | agupdate.com | John McCracken

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1 month ago | kttn.com | John McCracken

Click the + Icon To See Additional Sharing Options(Missouri Independent) – America’s dairy industry is being ravaged by bird flu, leading to a significant decline in milk production in many states, including California, the nation’s largest dairy-producing state that hit a 20-year low in 2024. But unlike eggs, which spiked in price due to the bird flu’s impact on poultry flocks, consumers aren’t likely to see a similar increase in milk prices because of federal price control laws.

2 months ago | voiceofalexandria.com | John McCracken |Investigate Midwest

Despite remaining tight-lipped about its investigation into Tyson Foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has collected nearly 18,000 related documents. However, some worry the inquiry could end under the next Trump administration. In August, Investigate Midwest reported that the nation's largest poultry processor was under investigation by the USDA's Packers and Stockyard Division, the office that enforces longstanding regulations meant to protect livestock producers from unjust practices.

2 months ago | missouriindependent.com | John McCracken

America’s dairy industry is being ravaged by bird flu, leading to a significant decline in milk production in many states, including California, the nation’s largest dairy-producing state that hit a 20-year low in 2024. But unlike eggs, which spiked in price due to the bird flu’s impact on poultry flocks, consumers aren’t likely to see a similar increase in milk prices because of federal price control laws.