Seth Bodine, Harvest Public Media

As Oklahoma's medical marijuana industry booms, regulators struggle to keep up

Loopholes in state residency requirements have led to an influx of out-of-state investment through "ghost owners."

By Seth Bodine, Harvest Public Media and Clifton Adcock, The Frontier

/ 25 Jan 2022

As Oklahoma's medical marijuana industry booms, regulators struggle to keep up

As tax dollars dry up, university ag schools turn to agribusiness dollars and industry projects

From Iowa to Oklahoma to Kansas, universities are working more closely with agribusiness in search of ways to pay for projects where tax dollars have become more scarce. Critics worry that agriculture schools might focus more on industry than the public interest.

By Seth Bodine, Harvest Public Media and Katie Peikes, Iowa Public Radio/Harvest Public Media

/ 16 Nov 2021

As tax dollars dry up, university ag schools turn to agribusiness dollars and industry projects

Corporate money keeps university ag schools ‘relevant,’ and makes them targets of donor criticism

Large donors can put universities in potentially awkward positions when faculty conclusions conflict with the interests of those benefactors. Data collected by Harvest Public Media and Investigate Midwest shows corporations have given at least $170 million to ag colleges in the past decade.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest, Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest, Dana Cronin, Illinois Public Media, Katie Peikes, Iowa Public Radio/Harvest Public Media and Seth Bodine, Harvest Public Media

/ 15 Nov 2021

Corporate money keeps university ag schools ‘relevant,’ and makes them targets of donor criticism

For rural Missourians, access to quality health care is a nightmare

The status of health care in rural parts of Missouri paints a bleak picture for farmers who live and work in such a dangerous profession. On top of working under constant risk of injury and death, farmers have very few options when it comes to the types of care they can receive. And, when and if tha

By Kacen J. Bayless/Columbia Missourian and Seth Bodine, Harvest Public Media

/ 11 Jun 2019

Every day, Missouri farmers face hazardous work conditions and potential injury

Every day, tasks on a farm carry the risk of injury or death. Tractors tip over and crush the operator. Farmers drown in grain silos. Grain augers tear off limbs. Heads are scalped when hair gets caught in spinning tractor parts.

By Seth Bodine, Harvest Public Media, Dylan Sherman/Columbia Missourian and Kacen J. Bayless/Columbia Missourian

/ 8 Jun 2019

On the farm, children face the risk of injury, death

About three children die from a agriculture-related incident every day, according to a 2018 factsheet from the National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, which holds child-injury prevention workshops and provides guidance for prevention programs and training to professi

By Seth Bodine, Harvest Public Media and Dylan Sherman/Columbia Missourian