Sky Chadde

Sky Chadde is the Managing Editor at the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting.

Black pig lying in straw with golden sunlight on eye and face investigate midwest January 2022.
GRAPHIC: Despite COVID-19 closings and slowdowns, pork production was higher in 2020 than the year before
Business
by Sky Chadde
02.03.2022
Business
A group of cattle with a brown one in the center. January 2022
GRAPHIC: Large family farms produced most beef, hogs, and dairy in 2020
Business
by Sky Chadde
01.27.2022
Business
The Iowa Farm Bureau building in West Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. October 2021
The Iowa Farm Bureau is a small nonprofit. It’s sitting on a huge business empire.
Business
by Sky Chadde + Eli Hoff + Mark Ossolinski
10.11.2021
Business
Row of silver silos and rows of corn with blue cloudy skies. June 2021
GRAPHIC: OSHA received relatively few COVID-19 complaints related to agriculture
Health
by Sky Chadde
06.29.2021
Health
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
Pig carcasses cut in half stored in refrigerator room of food processing plant. March 2021
DOL watchdog: OSHA’s virtual inspections during pandemic likely led to dangerous workplaces
Health
by Sky Chadde
03.04.2021
Health
Poultry plant workers cut meat wearing yellow gloves and aprons. February 2021
OSHA and USDA waited months to tackle Covid outbreaks in meatpacking plants, emails reveal
Health
by Sky Chadde
02.08.2021
Health
USDA meat inspectors and graders perform their mission. August 2020
Nearly half of all meatpacking plant outbreaks are still not accounted for
Health
by Sky Chadde
08.21.2020
Health
Alternative Farm Lender
The largest single beneficiary of Trump’s tariff payments? A high-interest “alternative” farm lender
Business
by Sky Chadde + Lucille Sherman
01.06.2020
Business