Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest

Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest is an Agriculture Fellow at The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting.

Doroteo Jimenez, of Lodi, California, holds a photograph of his niece, Maria Jimenez, who died in 2008 while working in a grapevine for 9 hours without access to water. She was only 17 at the time and pregnant.
‘Temperatures continue to rise and farmworkers continue to be at risk’
Health
by Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest
11.02.2021
Health
Corn harvest begins on the Ken Dalenberg farm north of Mansfield, IL on Monday, September 13, 2021.
GRAPHIC: Corn and soybean production could approach record highs this year
Business
by Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest
09.17.2021
Business
Image of drought in Clark Dry Lake, Anza_borrego Desert State Park California.
GRAPHIC: Agricultural droughts will likely become more frequent and more intense
Environment
by Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest
08.16.2021
Environment
A wide angle shot of a tractor on acres of farmland. June 2021
GRAPHIC: Acres in federal conservation program have decreased steadily in past decade
Environment
by Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest
06.14.2021
Environment
Holstein cows graze in a field next to Richmond Road in Kirbyville Friday afternoon October 2, 2020. May 2021
GRAPHIC: Americans are drinking less cow milk and more plant-based alternatives
Environment
by Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest
05.14.2021
Environment
A farmer plants soybeans in Montgomery County, Md., May 12, 2020.
GRAPHIC: Nearly all cash crops are genetically engineered now
Tech
by Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest
04.19.2021
Tech
Processing plant workers with image treatment. April 2021
Tens of thousands of meatpacking workers have been vaccinated, but the industry’s Covid-19 crisis continues
Health
by Madison McVan + Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest + Sky Chadde
04.16.2021
Health