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Contractor can't account for $9.8 million in project to aid Iraqi farmers

By Laurel Adams

May 23, 2011

IG questions almost $10 million in questionable costs billed by Iraqi farm contractor

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The struggle to police foreign subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan

By Nick Schwellenbach and Lagan Sebert

August 29, 2010

Only quarter of Pakistan aid money went directly to programs

By Laurel Adams

January 5, 2011

State and USAID struggle with contractors, putting billions at risk

By Laurel Adams

March 4, 2011

India: U.S. family planning aid in limbo

By Alexandra Duszak

September 6, 2011

Rethinking OSHA exemption for farms

By Jim Morris and Howard Berkes

March 24, 2013

Most farms are exempt from federal workplace safety rules. Given ongoing grain entrapment problems, some say they shouldn't be.

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Worker suffocations persist as grain storage soars, employers flout safety rules

By Jim Morris and Howard Berkes

March 24, 2013

Europe’s new pesticide regulations leave America in the dust

By Jillian Olsen

November 10, 2008

Feds fight to keep names of ranchers with grazing permits secret

By Kristen Lombardi

April 20, 2010

Farmers markets thrive, as do concerns

By Stephanie Snyder

October 6, 2011

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