Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Foreign investment in U.S. farmland on the rise

Over the past decade, foreign companies have been investing in agricultural land in the United States at a record pace, according to a Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting analysis of USDA data. The data was compiled from 1900 to 2014 under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (A

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest, Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Jelter Meers/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 22 Jun 2017

Foreign investment in U.S. farmland on the rise

Blighted Housing: Inspections fail to stem poor conditions for migrant farmworkers

An ongoing investigation by The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting has found the oversight of migrant housing is a fractured and ineffective system despite decades of reforms.

By Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Claire Everett/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 13 Apr 2016

Blighted Housing: Inspections fail to stem poor conditions for migrant farmworkers

ADM, Monsanto campaign dollars fuel congress, not presidents

Although agriculture is a $31 billion industry in Iowa, it’s a topic absent from this election season’s share of presidential stump speeches. That’s not all too surprising, though. Instead of getting involved in presidential elections, major agribusinesses have historically chosen to pump their mone

By Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 3 Feb 2016

ADM, Monsanto campaign dollars fuel congress, not presidents

Monsanto Leads The Way Getting USDA Approval for GMO Seeds

St. Louis-based seed company Monsanto has spearheaded a push for seed biotechnology, a Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting analysis of the USDA data found for this report.

By Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 12 Jul 2015

Monsanto Leads The Way Getting USDA Approval for GMO Seeds

Agribusiness Companies Capitalize On Tax Breaks, Grants, Subsidies and Loans

Each year, state agencies and the federal government together send tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to some of the largest corporations in America, several of which are major agribusinesses. The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting explains.

By Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 13 May 2015

Agribusiness Companies Capitalize On Tax Breaks, Grants, Subsidies and Loans

Monsanto Inches Closer To Biggest Biotech Launch In Company’s History

Agribusiness giant Monsanto is steadily moving forward on the introduction of its next major wave of genetically engineered crops. It's a bid to stop a super weed, but with critics.

By Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 8 Feb 2015

Monsanto Inches Closer To Biggest Biotech Launch In Company’s History

Comment Window On Controversial 'Waters Of The U.S.' Closes

The public comment window for the controversial Waters of the U.S. rule is set to close on Friday, Nov. 14 – more than half a year after the regulation was introduced.

By Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Lyle Muller/ Iowa Watch

/ 13 Nov 2014

Comment Window On Controversial 'Waters Of The U.S.' Closes

Growing Influence: A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Crop Insurance

At least 80 groups spent more than $50 million lobbying over the Farm Bill overhaul of crop insurance. Yet, crop insurance does not ensure more food, an Iowa State University researcher says in this special report by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Harvest Public Media.

By Pam Dempsey, Investigate Midwest and Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 17 Jul 2014

Growing influence: a behind-the-scenes look at crop insurance

It took two years for the U.S. Congress to come together and pass the Agricultural Act of 2014, a piece of legislation known simply as "the Farm Bill." During that period of heated discussion, at least 80 groups spent millions of dollars lobbying on topics that included the Farm Bill and crop insura

By Pam Dempsey, Investigate Midwest and Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 16 Jul 2014

Farmers turn drone technology to the skies despite cloudy regulation

Experts predict that the agriculture industry may soon account for roughly half of all drone flights in the United States. As part of that trend, farmers from across the country gathered in central Illinois this week for the Precision Aerial Ag Show, a showcase of unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise

By Claire Everett/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 11 Jul 2014

Farmers turn drone technology to the skies despite cloudy regulation

Climate Change Threatens U.S. Food Security; Crop Insurance Poised To Remain Hot Topic

Federal crop insurance programs may serve even greater roles when it comes to farmers’ risk management plans, in light of a recent government report on global warming, industry officials say.

By Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 29 May 2014

Climate Change Threatens U.S. Food Security; Crop Insurance Poised To Remain Hot Topic

Matter of Seconds: As Deaths Add Up, Farmers 'Walk The Grain' Unprotected

There have been more than 900 grain-bin entrapments throughout the country since 1964, according to data compiled by Purdue University’s Agricultural Safety and Health Program. More than half of those incidents were fatal.

By Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 3 Nov 2013

Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Foreign investment in U.S. farmland on the rise

Blighted Housing: Inspections fail to stem poor conditions for migrant farmworkers

ADM, Monsanto campaign dollars fuel congress, not presidents

Monsanto Leads The Way Getting USDA Approval for GMO Seeds

Agribusiness Companies Capitalize On Tax Breaks, Grants, Subsidies and Loans

Monsanto Inches Closer To Biggest Biotech Launch In Company’s History

Comment Window On Controversial 'Waters Of The U.S.' Closes

Growing Influence: A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Crop Insurance

Growing influence: a behind-the-scenes look at crop insurance

Farmers turn drone technology to the skies despite cloudy regulation

Climate Change Threatens U.S. Food Security; Crop Insurance Poised To Remain Hot Topic

Matter of Seconds: As Deaths Add Up, Farmers 'Walk The Grain' Unprotected

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