The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a history of discrimination. Legislators are pressing it to release more data that could show what progress it’s making.
After more than a century of government actions that led to the loss and sale of reservation land, the Nebraska tribes are buying some back. They’re running into high prices and, some allege, bigotry as they do.
The USDA rolled out the $3.1 billion Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities without solving one of the vexing problems that has affected farmers with carbon credit programs. The issue of how to treat additionality — adding more practices to qualify for a private carbon market — still hangs out th
Jim Pillen built one of the biggest hog enterprises in the country. Then he got elected governor. It’s a Nebraska success story — one raising questions about potential conflicts of interest.
The federal government allows construction companies that help build CAFOs to hire agricultural workers through the H-2A program. The practice means companies can pay workers less than other construction workers and pay no overtime.
In his latest column, Dave Dickey takes on Big Beef's big players — Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef — and their shenanigans to protect their bottom lines.
Los fondos federales para la agricultura son recursos esenciales, pero los productores inmigrantes se enfrentan con barreras lingüísticas y culturales que no les permiten sacar provecho de ellos
