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A fifth of reported heat-related deaths between 2017 and 2022 were agricultural workers, according to OSHA data. Academics, occupational health specialists and advocacy groups are calling attention to the under-reported impact of climate change on this group from heatwaves.
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Ranchers across the Midwest are battling black vultures, a federally protected bird that has a reputation for killing newborn livestock. While the birds play a major ecological role, their expanding population is becoming a big nuisance for producers.
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Thirteen states filed a lawsuit Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a California law that requires farmers to give egg-laying hens more…
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The herbicide dicamba is thought to have been the culprit inmore than 3 million acres of damaged soybeans across the country, destroying plants and…
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During the Aug. 21 solar eclipse, spectators will turn their eyes upward to see the moon pass in front of the sun.But many Midwest scientists will turn…
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During the Aug. 21 solar eclipse, spectators will turn their eyes upward to see the moon pass in front of the sun.But many Midwest scientists will turn…
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About 65 cattle roam Dr. Thomas Cooper’s 100-acre farm. Walnut trees and cow patties dot the pasture, which dips into a small lake in the middle. Off in…
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Farms and ranches throughout the country won’t see their labor shortages solved by a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)....
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The Missouri Department of Agriculture announced a temporary ban on the sale and use of agricultural products containing the pesticide dicamba on Friday,…
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See a bee; hear a buzz.That’s what researchers studying the declining bee population are banking on. A new technique based on recording buzzing bees hopes…
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President Trump made campaign promises to pull the U.S. out of big international trade deals and focus instead on one-on-one agreements with other…
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The University of Missouri announced Thursday the appointment of a new dean and vice chancellor of its agriculture college. Christopher Daubert is set to…