NEWS & ISSUES
Foreign Investment in US Cropland Nearly Triples in Past Decade, USDA Data Shows
Growing foreign investment has spurred legislative action in states and Congress
by Jonathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest
May 10, 2022
NEWS & ISSUES
Opening This Spring in Kansas: A High-Tech Lab Researching Livestock Diseases
At the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, researchers will try to find cures for and ways to prevent highly contagious diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease, affecting livestock and humans.
by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest
April 7, 2022
NEWS & ISSUES
How Kansas Could Lose Billions in Land Values as its Underground Water Runs Dry
Parched Dirt
by David Condos, Kansas News Service
April 1, 2022
NEWS & ISSUES
As Fertilizer Pollutes Tap Water in Small Towns, Rural Kansans Pay the Price
Parched on the Plains
by David Condos, Kansas News Service
March 30, 2022
NEWS & ISSUES
American Farm Bureau Federation Claims it’s the ‘Voice of Agriculture.’ Others Beg to Differ
While the best-known, best-funded "voice" of farmers, the American Farm Bureau is far from the only one.
by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest
February 16, 2022
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NEWS & ISSUES
Food Fight: How Kansas City Struggles to Feed Its Families
Food Chain Stretched to Breaking Point for Many in Missouri and Kansas
by Multiple Reporters
December 16, 2021
NEWS & ISSUES
Fertilizer Washes off Midwest Farm Fields and Taints Communities’ Drinking Water, Poisons Gulf of Mexico
As Rainfall Events Become More Intense and Frequent, Fertilizers Applied to Midwestern Farmland Wash Away, Contaminating Waterways Near and Far
by Ignacio Calderon
December 10, 2021
