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网页3 天之前 · Region. Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public interest by exposing dangerous and costly practices of influential agricultural corporations and institutions through in …
‘Is this legal?’: Why an obscure data service has been sued nearly …
网页2021年7月29日 · The question remains unanswered, albeit not for lack of trying: Agri Stats — a widely utilized, privately-held data and analytics firm for the meat processing industry — has been named in more than 90 lawsuits since 2016, making it the second-most sued company in the industry over that time span (Tyson Foods is first). All the lawsuits accuse the company of facilitating anti-competitive ...
Meatpacking plants have long relied on immigrant labor. Now, …
网页2021年8月19日 · Martin Rosas, the president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 2 that represents workers at Seaboard, said workers are conditioned not to complain because they have to go through the rehiring process each year. “The company gives them a different color of hat,” he said. “That alone makes them a target by the supervisor, by anyone who wants to mistreat workers.”
What you need to know about Tyson’s former contract growers
网页2024年5月8日 · 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% ...
Pillen’s Rise: After building pork empire, Nebraska’s governor …
网页2023年8月31日 · 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, from March, showed he's invested in about 40 companies. He has not said whether he's sold his interests. * In the years before becoming governor, […]
More foreign ownership of U.S. beef processors raises food safety ...
网页2019年12月18日 · Brazilian-owned companies now control two of the four meatpacking companies that process around 74% of all beef in the United States, according to the North American Meat Institute, a trade association representing meat processors. While JBS S.A. is significantly larger than Marfrig’s National Beef, …
About Investigate Midwest
网页2024年9月4日 · Investigate Midwest (previously The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting) is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public as a watchdog over influential corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism. Started in 2009 by journalist Mike Sherry, Investigate Midwest provides training and education for students, professional ...
Tyson Foods is being investigated by the USDA
网页2024年8月16日 · A Tyson Plant on West Olrich Street in Rogers, Arkansas, on June 28, 2020. photo by Spencer Tirey, for Investigate Midwest. 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.
Cancer in Iowa: What role does agriculture play in Iowa’s high …
网页2024年4月2日 · Iowa’s ag risks may be higher than other states • Nitrate is found at potentially harmful levels in 1-in-20 Iowa public drinking water systems and in more than 12,000 private wells in Iowa. • Nitrate-attributable cancer in Iowa could range from 2.3 to 10.43 cases per 100,000 people, putting Iowa among four states with some of the highest risk, according to estimates from the ...
Climate change worsens flooding devastation across the Midwest
网页2021年7月7日 · In his research, Guinan has found that there’s been a jump in heavy daily precipitation events, like rainfall, across the state by studying rainfall events that were at least 3-inches. The study by the EPA also reported that the average annual precipitation in the Midwest has increased by 5-10% over the last 50 years.