Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

EPA defends decision to allow continued dicamba use

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defended its decision to allow farmers to continue to spray a recently banned herbicide through July 31 in a court filing on Tuesday evening. The agency argued that it has the power to regulate existing stocks of herbicides that have been canceled.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 17 Jun 2020

EPA defends decision to allow continued dicamba use

‘We’ve got it everywhere’: Dicamba damaging trees across Midwest and South

Forest health experts said trees are being damaged from Indiana to Kansas, from North Dakota to Arkansas. Cupped up leaves, the most easily recognized symptom, can be seen in towns miles away from agricultural fields, as well as in nature preserves and state parks set aside as refuges for wildlife,

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 16 Jun 2020

‘We’ve got it everywhere’: Dicamba damaging trees across Midwest and South

Conservation groups ask federal court to hold EPA in contempt over decision to allow continued spraying of dicamba

The filing, issued late Thursday night, asked the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to hold EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in contempt for refusing to abide by the order.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 12 Jun 2020

Conservation groups ask federal court to hold EPA in contempt over decision to allow continued spraying of dicamba

In apparent rejection of federal court, EPA allows continued dicamba use

The Trump administration announced on Monday that farmers will be able to continue to spray dicamba through July 31, an apparent rejection of a federal court ruling issued last week that immediately banned the herbicide’s use over-the-top of soybean and cotton crops.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 9 Jun 2020

In apparent rejection of federal court, EPA allows continued dicamba use

Farmers struggle for guidance after federal court bans popular herbicide

Soybean and cotton farmers, pesticide applicators and agriculture officials across the country scrambled for guidance after a federal court ruling to ban the popular pesticide dicamba this week, which means that many farmers no longer have a herbicide that will work to kill weeds in their fields. In

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 5 Jun 2020

Farmers struggle for guidance after federal court bans popular herbicide

Reporter's Notebook: After dicamba decision, 'Honest to God, right now, I don't know what to tell people'

Soybean and cotton farmers, pesticide applicators and ag officials across the United States are scrambling Thursday morning to figure out what Wednesday's vacature of dicamba-based herbicides means for the 2020 growing season.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 4 Jun 2020

Reporter's Notebook: After dicamba decision, 'Honest to God, right now, I don't know what to tell people'

Controversial herbicide dicamba no longer legal, federal court rules

Farmers can no longer spray the controversial pesticide dicamba over-the-top of genetically modified soybeans and cotton, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 3 Jun 2020

Controversial herbicide dicamba no longer legal, federal court rules

Millions in federal aid meant to help farmers, feed the poor given to event planning company, Cargill, Tyson

Federal aid meant to distribute food to the poor has gone to a bankrupt dairy, an event planning company, as well as two meat processors under federal investigation, a Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting analysis found.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 12 May 2020

Millions in federal aid meant to help farmers, feed the poor given to event planning company, Cargill, Tyson

As slaughter numbers decline, pork prices rise

Here are three key takeaways to know about pork in the time of Covid-19.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 4 May 2020

As slaughter numbers decline, pork prices rise

EPA temporarily suspends monitoring of a pesticide in water over COVID-19 concerns

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has allowed Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta to halt its water monitoring program of a pesticide linked to reproductive issues and cancer that is found in the drinking water of millions of Americans because of COVID-19 restrictions.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 1 May 2020

EPA temporarily suspends monitoring of a pesticide in water over COVID-19 concerns

Amid pandemic uncertainty - meat shortages, livestock slaughter and a freezer full of food

Grocery stores may soon face meat shortages. Hogs and chickens are being euthanized. Cattle are being put out to pasture. And America’s storage freezers have more ground beef, chicken breasts and legs, french fries and onion rings than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into the United

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 24 Apr 2020

Amid pandemic uncertainty - meat shortages, livestock slaughter and a freezer full of food

Federal court hears arguments on dicamba registration

As U.S. soybean and cotton farmers work to get their 2020 crops planted, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that has the potential to disallow the spraying of dicamba this growing season.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 21 Apr 2020

EPA defends decision to allow continued dicamba use

‘We’ve got it everywhere’: Dicamba damaging trees across Midwest and South

Conservation groups ask federal court to hold EPA in contempt over decision to allow continued spraying of dicamba

In apparent rejection of federal court, EPA allows continued dicamba use

Farmers struggle for guidance after federal court bans popular herbicide

Reporter's Notebook: After dicamba decision, 'Honest to God, right now, I don't know what to tell people'

Controversial herbicide dicamba no longer legal, federal court rules

Millions in federal aid meant to help farmers, feed the poor given to event planning company, Cargill, Tyson

As slaughter numbers decline, pork prices rise

EPA temporarily suspends monitoring of a pesticide in water over COVID-19 concerns

Amid pandemic uncertainty - meat shortages, livestock slaughter and a freezer full of food

Federal court hears arguments on dicamba registration

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