Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

Secret Acres: Boom or bubble? High farmland prices encourage investors, concern farmers

Outside investment in farmland continues to increase, but some economists and many farmers worry deep pockets are pushing prices above what the land is worth.

By Emily Featherston, InvestigateTV and Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 18 Dec 2023

Secret Acres: Boom or bubble? High farmland prices encourage investors, concern farmers

OSHA should strengthen rules to protect meat and poultry workers from infectious disease, government watchdog says

Hundreds of meatpacking workers have died of COVID-19 since 2020.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 22 Jun 2023

OSHA should strengthen rules to protect meat and poultry workers from infectious disease, government watchdog says

Minnesota opens investigation into possible wage theft at recently-closed HyLife Foods plant

The state requested the federal government protect from deportation the approximately 500 temporary visa workers formerly employed at the Windom plant.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 13 Jun 2023

Minnesota opens investigation into possible wage theft at recently-closed HyLife Foods plant

JBS’s cybersecurity was unusually poor prior to 2021 ransomware attack, internal homeland security records show

Overall, food processing companies are vulnerable to cyberattacks, experts said.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 8 Jun 2023

JBS’s cybersecurity was unusually poor prior to 2021 ransomware attack, internal homeland security records show

GRAPHIC: Majority of new CAFOs were built in Iowa last year

Federal permits still cover only one-third of the large livestock operations, according to EPA data.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 8 Jun 2023

GRAPHIC: Majority of new CAFOs were built in Iowa last year

GRAPHIC: Last year, a Minnesota pork plant employed more H-2B workers than any other meatpacker

HyLife Foods, which filed for bankruptcy last month, employs 500 people through a temporary visa program.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 16 May 2023

GRAPHIC: Last year, a Minnesota pork plant employed more H-2B workers than any other meatpacker

Tras la quiebra, los trabajadores con permiso laboral en una planta procesadora de carne de Minnesota se enfrentan a un futuro incierto

Si la planta procesadora de carne de cerdo HyLife Foods cierra en las próximas semanas, cientos de trabajadores deberán regresar a sus países de origen en un plazo de 10 días.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 15 May 2023

Tras la quiebra, los trabajadores con permiso laboral en una planta procesadora de carne de Minnesota se enfrentan a un futuro incierto

In bankruptcy's wake, a Minnesota meatpacking plant's visa workers face an uncertain future

If the HyLife Foods pork processing plant closes in the next few weeks, hundreds of workers will be returned to their home countries within 10 days.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 12 May 2023

In bankruptcy's wake, a Minnesota meatpacking plant's visa workers face an uncertain future

7 key moments in EPA's 18-year-long delay in measuring livestock air emissions

The EPA started the process of studying air emissions in 2005.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 20 Apr 2023

7 key moments in EPA's 18-year-long delay in measuring livestock air emissions

18 years and counting: EPA still has no method for measuring CAFO air pollution

The agency says it will move forward on air emissions regulations for livestock operations this year.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 20 Apr 2023

18 years and counting: EPA still has no method for measuring CAFO air pollution

GRAPHIC: Precision agriculture technologies most common on big farms in Midwest

Using techniques like digital maps and smart tractors correlates with improved yields, USDA says.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 13 Apr 2023

GRAPHIC: Precision agriculture technologies most common on big farms in Midwest

Wild ‘super pigs’ are rooting toward Minnesota. The state wants to keep them out.

Experts say once a feral swine population is established, it’s nearly impossible to remove.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

/ 31 Mar 2023

Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

Secret Acres: Boom or bubble? High farmland prices encourage investors, concern farmers

OSHA should strengthen rules to protect meat and poultry workers from infectious disease, government watchdog says

Minnesota opens investigation into possible wage theft at recently-closed HyLife Foods plant

JBS’s cybersecurity was unusually poor prior to 2021 ransomware attack, internal homeland security records show

GRAPHIC: Majority of new CAFOs were built in Iowa last year

GRAPHIC: Last year, a Minnesota pork plant employed more H-2B workers than any other meatpacker

Tras la quiebra, los trabajadores con permiso laboral en una planta procesadora de carne de Minnesota se enfrentan a un futuro incierto

In bankruptcy's wake, a Minnesota meatpacking plant's visa workers face an uncertain future

7 key moments in EPA's 18-year-long delay in measuring livestock air emissions

18 years and counting: EPA still has no method for measuring CAFO air pollution

GRAPHIC: Precision agriculture technologies most common on big farms in Midwest

Wild ‘super pigs’ are rooting toward Minnesota. The state wants to keep them out.

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