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2 months ago | iolaregister.com | Sky Chadde |John McCracken |Investigate Midwest

Farmers have begun raising concerns about the potential impact of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations on their operations, but the president’s nominee for agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, said any issues stemming from a lost labor force are “hypothetical.” If farms are affected by mass deportations, she and other administration officials would “hopefully solve some of these problems,” Rollins said during her nomination hearing in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture,...

Jan 16, 2025 | missouriindependent.com | Sky Chadde

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 Republicans to reign in their economic power. New Democratic leadership on the committee also has strong agriculture ties, as Sen. Amy Klobuchar has received thousands from employees at the grain processor Cargill.

Jan 16, 2025 | arkansasadvocate.com | Sky Chadde |Investigate Midwest

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 Republicans to reign in their economic power. New Democratic leadership on the committee also has strong agriculture ties, as Sen. Amy Klobuchar has received thousands from […]

Dec 8, 2024 | thegazette.com | Sky Chadde

Ukrainian farmworkers pick raspberries July 1, 2022, at Wilson’s Orchard near Iowa City. The team of seven Ukrainian farmworkers previously held H-2A visas and were approved for Uniting For Ukraine, the immigration program offering temporary protection for Ukrainians. A new federal report found that rapid expansion of the H-2A visa program has strained federal agencies. Thousands of the visa holders work at Iowa farms every year.

Nov 12, 2024 | wisconsinwatch.org | John McCracken |Sky Chadde |Jennifer Bamberg

Reading Time: 10 minutesIn May, a CBS News reporter asked the Illinois Department of Agriculture if there were bird-flu-positive dairy herds in Kane County, only to be told the department “doesn’t have any role in this testing” and was directed to the state’s health department. But an internal email from Connie Austin, the public health department’s veterinarian and deputy state epidemiologist, revealed disagreement.