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IL farmers on costly hold amid legislative foot dragging

By Jennifer Bamberg for Investigate Midwest.Broadcast version by Terri Dee for Illinois News Connection reporting for the Investigate Midwest-Public News Service Collaboration During the 2023 harvest season, one of Jake Lieb’s tractors quit working. A week later, his combine stopped working, too. Both were new — and he was locked out from making any repairs himself because of software restrictions embedded in the machines.  Instead, a technician from John Deere was dispatched to diagnose and repair the problems. . ....

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Ohio Falls Short in Protecting Outdoor Workers from Heat

By Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest/Report for America and Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media for Investigate Midwest.Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi for Ohio News Connection reporting for the Investigate Midwest-Public News Service Collaboration Juan Peña, 28, has worked in the fields since childhood, often exposing his body to extreme heat like the wave hitting the Midwest this week.  The heat can cause such deep pain in his whole body that he just wants to lie down, he said. It sucks his desire to work, as his body tells him he can’t take another hot day on the job. On those days, his only motivation to get out of bed is to earn dollars to send to his 10-month-old baby in Mexico. . ....

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NCs Black Farmers Cant Find Affordable Land / Public News Service

With the cost of farmland up by more than 8% percent in North Carolina, the state s Black farmers are struggling to purchase additional acreage or jumpstart their farming dreams. Demi Tucker, owner of Uyoga Farms and a fifth-generation Black farmer, grows mushrooms on her family s land in Steadman. She said most farmers she knows are leasing and looking to expand, but finding themselves competing with investors and corporations swooping up large tracts. . ....

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