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Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland is growing. A Missouri lawmaker wants to ban it in the state.

03.03.2021
Joe Fassler
Why do Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, and Mars get the best real estate in grocery stores? Because they pay for it.
02.25.2021
by Sam Bloch
Peanut farmers advance in price-fixing lawsuit against Big Shell
12.14.2020
by Sam Bloch
Fast-food giants gobbled up $1 billion in federal aid for small businesses
12.08.2020
by H. Claire Brown + Jessica Fu
McDonald’s announces the launch of the McPlant—a vegan burger co-developed with Beyond Meat
11.09.2020
by Joe Fassler
Why Covid-19 plant shutdowns could make the Big Four meatpackers even more profitable
05.14.2020
by Joe Fassler + H. Claire Brown
Dean backs out of $425 million Dairy Farmers of America merger
03.26.2020
by Jessica Fu
America’s biggest dairy co-op may buy Dean Foods. Opponents fear a milk monopoly
11.13.2019
by Jessica Fu
Public science for private interests: How University of Missouri agricultural research cultivates profits for industry
11.08.2019
by Tynan Stewart
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