State labor investigators said minors were exposed to hazardous chemicals, and were working with prohibited tools like knives and saws.
06
4:20
August '08
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6:54
July '08
About 1,000 people in Postville, Iowa, on Sunday demonstrated at the entrance to a kosher meatpacking plant that was raided in May by immigration authorities.
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23:21
July '08
Following a raid at an Iowa meatpacking plant, immigrants have described pervasive labor violations that experts say could result in criminal charges.
04
6:25
July '08
Hundreds of illegal immigrants were rounded up in May at the kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa, and the two supervisors were arrested on criminal immigration charges.
01
16:17
July '08
Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.
01
16:13
July '08
Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.
01
2:52
July '08
Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.
01
1:48
July '08
Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.
01
1:22
July '08
Recent floods were likely to have damaged the corn and soybean harvest less than feared and farmers have planted more corn than previously expected, the government said.
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23:50
June '08
Farmers will harvest nearly 9 percent fewer acres of corn this year than last year, in part because of Midwest flooding, the government reported Monday.