What you need to know about Tyson’s former contract growers
WEBMay 8, 2024 · Investigate Midwest spent months investigating how the company’s decision to close plants across the country affected contract growers.
GRAPHIC: Chicken prices continue to rise, costing U.S. consumers …
WEBOct 12, 2023 · The price of chicken products on grocery store shelves continues to rise, even as major producers close plants across the country. The cost-per-pound of a whole chicken has increased by roughly 34% from August 2021 to August 2023, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor. This translates to an additional 50 cents per […]
Climate report indicates dire future for Mississippi River basin, …
WEBNov 30, 2023 · The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released earlier this month, warns of wide-ranging climate impacts throughout the United States. The implications for people and the environment in the Mississippi River basin are extreme, but experts stress that it is not too late to slow the worsening effects.
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Large animal feeding operations on the rise - Investigate Midwest
WEBJun 7, 2018 · The number of new concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) have increased across the U.S. over the past six years - bringing the total operations just under 20,000, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency. From 2011 to 2017, the United States saw more than 1,400 new large-scale concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) established. That’s up 7.6 percent. Here's ...
GRAPHIC: In most major pork states, large hog farms have gotten …
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · Hog finishing facilities, where pigs grow from 50 to 275 lbs. in Mt. Olive, North Carolina, in 2015. photo by USDA
Wisconsin town of Eureka sued over large farm regulations
WEBAug 9, 2024 · The Binversies’ attorneys find fault with 18 of the ordinance’s requirements, particularly fees. They also claim that Wisconsin preempts local authorities from passing regulations that are more stringent than the state’s unless authorities can prove they are necessary to protect public health or safety.. Even under that exception, which the attorneys say Eureka doesn’t demonstrate ...
Slaughterhouses across the country: A collaborative map
WEBNov 27, 2013 · The meat industry has once been concentrated in cities like Chicago and Kansas City. But it had left for small towns in rural areas, which were now struggling to provide the necessary social services to the immigrants who followed. How could we begin to show those demographic changes? And what could we do about the fact that there was no readily available list of the biggest slaughterhouses ...
US movement to limit CAFO pollution emboldened by Michigan …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · A recent state court decision could transform how animal agriculture is regulated in Michigan, and potentially influence how other state and federal regulators oversee the industry’s mammoth waste stream, according to environmental lawyers and activists. The optimism from environmental advocates comes after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled on July 31 that the state’s Department of […]
GRAPHIC: Chicken farms are getting bigger and bigger — and …
WEBJul 31, 2024 · The number of farms contracted to raise chickens for slaughter dropped by a third from 2002 to 2022. At that same time, the number of chickens raised on these farms grew 6%.