Sky Chadde
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· Apr 30
Underage workers, millions of dollars and trucks full of dead chickens — inside the business of killing in response to bird flu - Investigate Midwest
When a poultry farm tests positive for bird flu, the clock starts. Within the first 72 hours, farmers start depopulating, an industry term for killing contaminated flocks. Despite the sweltering heat ...
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· Apr 25
After forcing resignations, USDA tries to walk back staff cuts and calls frontline workers ‘vital’ - Investigate Midwest
After forcing the departure of several hundred U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists and inspectors who prevent invasive pest and disease outbreaks, the Trump administration is trying to reverse c...
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Sky Chadde
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· Apr 18
Several hundred workers who keep invasive pests out of the US accept Trump’s buyouts - Investigate Midwest
Several hundred federal employees who help keep invasive pests and plant diseases out of the United States have accepted buyout offers from the Trump administration, which could leave the agricultural...
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· Apr 2
In tough times, they sold farmers cheaper fungicides. A top manufacturer, Syngenta, intervened. - Investigate Midwest
When faced with generic competition, Syngenta tried to prevent cheaper pesticide options from reaching farmers, court records show. The company said it was protecting its investments and helping consu...
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· Mar 25
Axed once, USDA employees anxiously await potentially being fired again - Investigate Midwest
Following judges’ orders, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun reinstating employees who were fired en masse in February. But now, many of those workers who are being paid not to perform any d...
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· Feb 26
Mass terminations have cut USDA ‘off at the knees,’ ex-employees say - Investigate Midwest
More than a dozen recently fired USDA employees told Investigate Midwest that mass terminations have stalled irrigation projects, rural housing aid and efforts to combat invasive crop diseases. Remain...
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Sky Chadde
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· Feb 13
Trump ag secretary nominee says food issues from mass deportations are ‘hypothetical’ - 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,...
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Sky Chadde
@skychadde.bsky.social
· Feb 13
President Trump’s tariffs bring return of uncertainty for America’s farmers - Investigate Midwest
Bob Hemesath has spent his entire life on his Northeast Iowa farm, raising corn and hogs alongside his brother. His business depends on open global markets and stable trade agreements. But under Donal...
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Sky Chadde
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· Feb 7
EPA environmental justice staff ousted amid ongoing industrial ag complaints - Investigate Midwest
President Donald Trump has significantly reduced staffing within a civil rights office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency currently investigating dozens of complaints, including two involving...
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· Feb 5
Send us a tip securely - Investigate Midwest
Do you have something you want to share with Investigate Midwest? Is there a story you think we’re missing? Is there a dataset you think we should request? Or do you want to provide us with documents...
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Sky Chadde
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· Feb 5
The ultimate price - Investigate Midwest
Two Mexican farmworkers died in a trailer fire in North Carolina. Their story illustrates how the nation’s most important agricultural visa program is failing the workers it is supposed to protect.
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Sky Chadde
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· Feb 5
PAIN DENIED: At one of the country’s largest meatpacking plants, workers say their injuries were ignored - Investigate Midwest
Workers were told their injuries were “break-in pain,” soreness that comes from adjusting to life in a meatpacking plant. But some injuries were severe enough to warrant additional testing and treatme...
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· Feb 5
America's largest corn company, Corteva Agriscience, pledges no supply chain abuses. It's hired a repeat offender in Iowa for years. - Investigate Midwest
CONESVILLE, Iowa — The deductions frustrated him. “You earn money faster” in the U.S. than in Mexico, the man said in Spanish. But the deductions in every paycheck slowed his earnings, and he and his...
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Sky Chadde
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· Feb 5
Pillen’s Rise: After building pork empire, Nebraska’s governor stands at intersection of state and ag power - Investigate Midwest
Key takeaways: * Ethics experts said the best way to avoid appearances of conflicts of interest is for public officials to sell their business interests. Pillen's most recent financial disclosure, fro...
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Sky Chadde
@skychadde.bsky.social
· Feb 5
How Illinois’ ‘fragmented system’ of monitoring pesticide exposure ‘allows individuals to get poisoned over and over without any brakes’ - Investigate Midwest
A crew of farmworkers claimed they were sprayed with pesticides. What should have been a “rapid response” was a “big mess.”
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