Agriculture

Supreme Court Delivers a Victory for Pesticide Companies in Fight Over Cancer Claims

In a 7-2 decision, the Court determined that federal law prohibits “failure to warn” lawsuits against pesticide companies for health harms not formally recognized by the EPA.

By Anika Jane Beamer

Colombia Passes First-Ever National Law Requiring Beef to Be Traced Back to Its Origins

By Georgina Gustin

Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats—and Has Determined Protectors

By Susan Cosier

Greenpeace Plans to Sue JBS for Its Climate Impacts, Seeks Details About Major Plans in Nigeria

By Georgina Gustin

In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers

By Amy Green

USDA Extends Pause on Loans for Controversial Digesters That Turn Manure Into Biogas

By Steven Rodas, Lisa Sorg

The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’

By Georgina Gustin

Wild Blueberry Farms Across Maine Suffer as Climate Change Upends Growing Seasons

By Sydney Cromwell

Faster Slaughterhouse Line Speeds Are Increasingly a Climate Problem

By Georgina Gustin

With Fertilizer Pollution on the Rise, Iowa Will Invest $100 Million in Water Treatment

By Anika Jane Beamer

Nearly One-Fifth of Americans Are Consuming Water With High Levels of Nitrates

By Georgina Gustin

Major Livestock and Animal Agriculture Companies Are Making Climate Promises They Aren’t Keeping

By Georgina Gustin

Illinois Weighs Early Warning System For Pesticide Spraying Near Parks, Schools

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Cancer Rates Are Higher Near Large Livestock Feeding Operations in 3 States, a New Study Finds

By Steven Rodas

California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops

By Liza Gross

Under Trump, the Department of Agriculture Has Ditched Conservation and Climate Efforts

By Georgina Gustin, Peter Aldhous

Iowa’s Cancer Crisis Linked to Pesticides, PFAS, Fertilizer and Radon, Report Says

By Anika Jane Beamer

The Farming Industry Has Embraced ‘Precision Agriculture’ and AI, but Critics Question Its Environmental Benefits

By Georgina Gustin

Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock

By Georgina Gustin