Four companies own 85% of US beef production. Independent ranchers say consolidation has narrowed their market options, and past federal antitrust cases have largely ended in fines rather than meaningful changes.
Several major food manufacturers have pledged to eliminate synthetic food dyes from product lines as industry association pushes back against West Virginia’s ban.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond is seeking more than $100 million from poultry companies over water pollution from chicken farm. Gov. Kevin Stitt, who passed a 2024 law shielding those same companies, has asked for more time to settle.
Do you know where your favorite beef product is really from? A loophole has allowed the meat industry to slap 'Product of USA' labels on meat imported from foreign countries.
Justin Ransom helped launch Tyson’s controversial label for 'climate friendly' beef. Now he leads the federal agency charged with meat label oversight.
Whistleblower allegations fuel new pressure on labor officials, but the agency tasked with investigating illegal child labor is operating with one of its smallest teams in decades.
2 Investigate Midwest journalists were also honored by NAAJ for investigative stories on groundwater loss in the plains and poultry farmers left behind after Tyson plant closures.
