A decade ago, the United States imported less than half a million dollars’ worth of beef products from Argentina. Since 2016, those imports have topped $1 billion. Brazil, now a leading exporter of ...

The growth of industrial farms in America’s dairyland is outpacing regulators tasked with reviewing permits and overseeing compliance with waste regulations. Wisconsin currently has 370 active or ...

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer promised to cut red tape so they could access another: workers on temporary visas. It ...

The number of private sector workers declined in states such as Illinois and Minnesota after mass ICE presence, according to ...

Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies rose 46% in 2025 — to 315 filings compared to 216 in 2024, marking the third year in a row that filings increased, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The ...

Lisa Lawler wasn’t surprised when diagnosed with breast cancer in 2025. Her mother had breast cancer and died in 2016. It seemed like cancer had become a common diagnosis for many of her neighbors and ...

April Hemmes began farming soybeans in Iowa in the mid-1980s, just as the agricultural economy was in crisis and many farms were lost. Now, when she speaks to her younger peers, she hears a common ...

This story was originally published by. In an opening salvo aimed at convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to curtail costly Roundup litigation, Bayer is citing support from President Donald Trump and U.S ...

In 1975, the average cattle carcass weight — the combined average for steers and heifers after slaughter — was 615 pounds. By 2024, it had risen to 890 pounds, an increase of about 45%, according to U ...

NextEra Energy Resources, a Florida-based energy company, has an office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. photo by Ben Felder, Investigate Midwest NextEra Energy’s 2,000-acre solar farm under construction ...

This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship. A majority of the top pesticide-using counties in the U.S. have cancer rates above the national average. For years, ...

Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest's Iowa-based reporter, won second place for the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Reporting. Investigate Midwest received multiple honors at the 2026 Iowa Newspaper ...