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Federal crop insurance reform vital for incentivizing climate adaptation on farms
New research proves the climate crisis is costing taxpayers billions of dollars in federal crop insurance payouts for losses due to rising temperatures, underscoring the urgent need for insurance...
Lake Erie’s annual algae outbreak mostly threatens health of people in disadvantaged communities
Interview: Lack of ‘conservation compliance’ highlights need for stricter federal oversight
Farmers are failing to comply with federal “conservation compliance” requirements designed to protect wetlands and soil, according to University of Iowa Associate Professor Silvia Secchi, who says the...
Study: Pesticides harm soil invertebrates but EPA fails to recognize impact
Stay safe from toxic algae in water during Independence Day weekend
In Midwest farm states, nitrate pollution of tap water is more likely in lower-income communities
It’s already a big year for algae outbreaks
It is not even June, yet algae blooms are already erupting in lakes, rivers and streams across the United States.
Do farmers need more federal welfare?
Every year, the American Farm Bureau Federation and other Big Ag lobby groups demand more federal subsidies for farmers. Before that happens this year, with the farm economy white-hot, it’s time to...
Fungicides commonly found on citrus linked to breast cancer risk
USDA Data: Nearly All Pandemic Bailout Funds Went to White Farmers
Nearly all of the billions of dollars in federal farm bailouts to offset the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic went to white farmers, newly revealed Department of Agriculture data show.
Timeline: Black Farmers and the USDA, 1920 to Present
What the Biden Administration Should Do To Protect Children From Toxic Pesticides
Minnesota Legislator Who Believes ‘Water Cleans Itself’ Defends Potato Giant’s Irrigation Expansion in Fragile Pineland Sands
Study: Nitrate in Wisconsin’s Drinking Water Linked to Cancer, Preterm Births and Up To $74 Million in Yearly Healthcare Costs
6 Ways the Biden Administration Should Protect Food and Farm Workers From Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic – worsened by the Trump administration's woefully anemic response – has taken the lives of more than 300 food and farm workers and sickened tens of thousands more, turning the...
How Can the Biden Administration Fix America’s Broken Food System?
The staggering number of food and farm workers who have died from Covid-19 has laid bare the Trump administration's disastrous policies on food and farm issues.
Trump’s Ag Secretary Wants EU To Have Polluted Water, Too
President Donald Trump and his secretary of agriculture have a message for Europeans: We want you to drink polluted water too.
The End of Environmental Law as We Know It
The Senate will almost certainly vote next week to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Because of the way she sees the role of government, her confirmation could mark the end of...
Giant Potato Grower Threatens What’s Left of Our Land
The White Earth Reservation, in Minnesota, where I was born and live, was created in 1867 by a treaty between the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and the U.S. government. The original reservation...
Get Big or Get Out: How Trump’s Farm Bailouts Are Fueling Farm Consolidation
While visiting Wisconsin last year, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said farmers should “get big or get out.” The Trump administration's bailout program seems designed to do just that.