Nov 6, 2024 · Trump’s push for ‘mass deportation’ could harm farm labor. During his campaign, Trump promised to deport upwards of 20 million undocumented people, many of them agricultural workers who perform the dangerous jobs most Americans don’t want.

Nov 20, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has promised to begin his second term with the largest mass deportation in history, making the jobs held by undocumented workers available to U.S. citizens. Undocumented immigrants make up only 5% of the total labor force, according to the most recent federal data from the U.S. Census Bureau and analysis from the […]

Nov 11, 2024 · This story was originally published by Barn Raiser. In the mid 1980s, Thomas Eich’s grandparents, who farmed corn and soybeans, enrolled in the newly established Conservation Reserve Program, administered via the U.S. Department of Agriculture to incentivize farmers to cease farming on environmentally sensitive land. His grandfather signed up for the program to help restore […]

Dec 17, 2024 · Despite remaining tight-lipped about its investigation into Tyson Foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has collected nearly 18,000 related documents. However, some worry the inquiry could end under the next Trump administration. In August, Investigate Midwest reported that the nation’s largest poultry processor was under investigation by the USDA’s Packers and Stockyard Division, the ...

Dec 17, 2024 · As the lawsuit moves forward, a Watchdog Writers Group analysis of documents filed in the case, in partnership with Investigate Midwest, reveals Tyson coordinated closely with Cal-Maine Foods, the company that ended up buying the Dexter plant. That coordination prevented farmers from continuing their same operations with another Tyson competitor. ...

Oct 30, 2024 · This story was originally published by Circle of Blue.. FREMONT, Michigan — Anticipating a surge of funding for building manure biodigesters, which capture methane for electricity and transportation fuels from millions of tons of farm animal waste, Michigan’s environmental agency last year drafted more rigorous operating rules to protect state waters from a new tide of farm-based pollution.

Aug 16, 2024 · The Packers and Stockyard Division is actively investigating Tyson Foods, one of the largest meat companies in the nation, according to interviews with contract growers and a USDA employee. The PSD, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is tasked with investigating violations of the Packers and Stockyard Act …

Dec 26, 2024 · The only way to significantly reduce phosphorus levels in Oklahoma’s eastern waterways is to ban the use of chicken litter as fertilizer, a soil scientist testified last month in a nearly 20-year lawsuit against Tyson Foods and several other poultry companies. “To help reverse the phosphorus pollution in the waters of the (Illinois River Watershed), […]

Jul 19, 2024 · Nearly everything in Project 2025's agricultural chapter runs counter to the $1.5 trillion farm bill proposal the GOP-led House Agriculture Committee passed out of committee in May.

Oct 29, 2024 · In 2020, under Trump, the USDA further weakened the act by withdrawing Obama-era rules that would have made it easier for livestock farmers to prove that large companies like JBS Foods or Tyson Foods treated them unfairly.. The Trump campaign did not answer direct questions about consolidations. Instead, a spokesperson criticized the Biden administration for the high cost of fertilizer, fuel ...