This month, President Trump directed the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the nation’s largest meatpacking companies ...

The primary way the federal government ensures families don’t go hungry is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...

It’s called the “California Effect.” When it comes to agricultural law, regulation and policy the state has often set trends ...

Anyone who has been to the grocery store recently knows, White House claims to the contrary, that food prices are not “way down” or even “down.” The October Consumer Price Index shows average grocery ...

Many acres of wetlands across the vast Mississippi River basin would lose federal protection under a new rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Agricultural and builders’ groups ...

There is a good chance that one of four major companies supplied the turkey on your Thanksgiving table this week. There are just over 40 large-scale turkey processing plants in the country, according ...

Ava Mandoli is a Dow Jones News Fund intern. Dennis Schlicht has been chasing butterflies for 50 years. Species he used to see everywhere — including the Iowa skipper, a yellow-orange, stamp-sized ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) conduct a raid in Los Angeles, California on June 12, 2025. photo by Tia Dufour, DHS Federal immigration ...

It’s called the “California Effect.” When it comes to agricultural law, regulation and policy the state has often set trends that other states and the feds closely follow. For an eyeful of how it ...

This story is a collaboration between Investigate Midwest and Watchdog Writers Group. In May, senior executives at the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation finalized a little-noticed financial maneuver that ...