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Aug 18, 2025 - Unyielding is a University of Missouri School of Journalism project for Investigate Midwest. Missouri has nearly 27 million acres of farmland. Nearly all of...

Feb 17, 2026 - Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public interest by serving as a watchdog over influential agricultural...

Nov 5, 2025 - This story is supported by funding from the Chicago Region Food Systems Fund. Each day before sunrise, David Huerta checks his rearview mirror for immigration...

Oct 16, 2025 - To Mike Schultz, Kansas ranchers are stuck in velvet handcuffs. Walmart, the nation’s largest grocery retailer and private employer, recently expanded into...

Oct 29, 2025 - Unyielding is a University of Missouri School of Journalism project for Investigate Midwest. KENNETT, MO. — Nestled in Missouri’s Bootheel is the small...

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Nov 18, 2025 - This month, President Trump directed the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the nation’s largest meatpacking companies for potential collusion and...

Apr 3, 2025 - Investigate Midwest, featuring its IowaWatch newsroom, brings back its Live Storytelling series with five voices from across Iowa, drawing on backgrounds in...

Melissa Dai is Investigate Midwest’s 2025 summer reporting intern. She’s a rising senior at Northwestern University, where she’s pursuing a career in...

Nov 19, 2025 - The primary way the federal government ensures families don’t go hungry is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. About 42 million people...

Nov 5, 2025 - “Even though my body is tired and my thoughts torment me, this country will not humiliate me; I know God will give me refuge, even if this country leaves me...

Dec 10, 2025 - We're an independent, nonprofit newsroom committed to holding Big Ag and government accountable to the public. Because the air you breathe, the food you...

Apr 11, 2025 - Just as he did in 2016 and 2020, Iowa farmer and rancher Lance Lillibridge plans to vote for Donald Trump this November. However, this self-described...

Apr 3, 2025 - There are less than half of the licensed dairy farms in the United States than nearly two decades ago, according to an analysis of USDA data.

Nov 7, 2025 - Attorney General Gentner Drummond is seeking more than $100 million from poultry companies over water pollution from chicken farm. Gov. Kevin Stitt, who passed...

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Dec 2, 2025 - Brant Houston, President Professor Brant Houston holds the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting at the...

Aug 18, 2025 - This story was originally published by The New Lede. Roughly a quarter of the nation’s large cattle, dairy and hog farms are located in just 30 U.S....

Oct 27, 2025 - Let’s state the obvious. Forever chemicals are becoming a huge problem. Especially when they are sold as part of sewer sludge used as agricultural...

Aug 18, 2025 - Unyielding is a University of Missouri School of Journalism project for Investigate Midwest. With billions of dollars at stake, Bayer has gone on the...

Sep 15, 2025 - Less than two months ago, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its intent to unconditionally register three new dicamba-based pesticides for...

Oct 28, 2025 - Soybeans sit in storage, farm bankruptcies are rising, and total farm debt continues to climb. By nearly every measure, American farmers are struggling....