In 2012, the battleground for fast-food supremacy targeted the cruel, tragic use by Big Meat of gestation crates. McDonald's made a huge PR splash in May with an announcement of a ten-year plan.
Ford outlined how sustained low commodity prices now meant that the average farm income in 2017 was $43,000, and that the median farm income for 2018 was minus $1,500. This had pushed bankruptcies in the farm states across the Midwest, which sell half of U.S farm products, to the highest level in a
Iowa is home to nearly one third of the nation’s hogs, with more than 22 million hogs at a given time. Agriculture experts weigh in on the question of proper antibiotic doses for hogs in this IowaWatch Connection podcast.
