Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, joined by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), is briefed by National Bio and Agri-Defense Facility Site Project Manger Tim Barr about the status of the facility being built on the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan, Kansas, on May 30, 2018.

Opening This Spring in Kansas: A High-Tech Lab Researching Livestock Diseases

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | April 7, 2022

Construction is wrapping up at a new biological research lab in Manhattan, Kansas, where researchers will study vaccines and treatments for highly contagious diseases that affect livestock and humans.

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A cornfield in Champaign County, Illinois.

Fertilizer Washes off Midwest Farm Fields and Taints Communities’ Drinking Water, Poisons Gulf of Mexico

By Ignacio Calderon | December 10, 2021

As rainfall events become more intense and frequent, fertilizers applied to Midwestern farmland wash away, contaminating waterways near and far.

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Will Glazik with his organic corn

‘Buy it or else’: Inside Monsanto and BASF’s Moves to Force Dicamba on Farmers

By Johnathan Hettinger | December 10, 2020

Monsanto and BASF knew about dicamba’s propensity to harm farmers’ livelihoods and the environment before releasing the weed killer.

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