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In eastern North Dakota’s Red River Valley, counties with the highest pesticide use also report above-average cancer rates, ...

Leer in español. Eliseo Affholter noticed a car following him, moving slowly as he walked through the streets of Milan, Missouri. Walking was his wind-down routine after work at a Kraft Heinz plant, ...

Four companies own 85% of US beef production. Independent ranchers say consolidation has narrowed their market options, and ...

Feedlots, where cattle are finished on grain after grazing, are becoming larger. Smaller operations are declining, while the ...

This article originally appeared in Sentient Media. When Iowa resident Chris Henning was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, her youngest sister and brother-in-law had already died of cancer 13 years ...

Pesticide exposure is an issue in agricultural areas where pesticide use is ubiquitous. photo courtesy of Meyer Agri-Air The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is failing to put warnings on ...

This story was originally published by Barn Raiser. Visit a dairy farm anywhere in the country and odds are decent you’ll overhear conversations in Spanish. Like other farmers in the United States, ...

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