Serial killer Herb Baumeister’s farm had 10,000 human remains
A peaceful, multi-million dollar ranch in Indiana has long harbored a dark secret: it was a serial killer’s playground. When police finally searched Herb Baumeister’s 18-acre estate in Westfield, north of Indianapolis, they found about 10,000 human remains — mostly crushed and burned bone fragments of teenage boys and young men Baumeister had kidnapped and […]
Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought victims to pig farm, is dead after prison assault
Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who went on a killing spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, luring his female victims to a pig farm, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Friday. He was 74. Correctional Service Canada said in a statement that Pickton, an inmate at Port-Cartier prison […]
Serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought dozens of female victims to his pig farm, dead after prison assault
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who committed a string of killings near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, luring his female victims to a pig farm, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Friday. He was 74. Correctional Service Canada said in a statement that Pickton, an inmate […]
Massive Fire At Free-Range Illinois Poultry Farm Leaves Up To A Million Chickens Dead
An inferno broke out at a poultry farm in southern Illinois Wednesday evening, killing millions of chickens, according to statements and reports. The blaze erupted at the Wabash Valley Produce Farm in Farina, Republican Illinois State Rep. Blaine Wilhour said in a statement late Wednesday. It started just before 7 p.m. and required the intervention […]
A fight over SNAP funding could derail the farm bill
The partisan fight over federal food assistance programs has posed a major challenge for both chambers of Congress as they try to craft a massive farm bill by an early fall deadline. Congress has just four months until the Sept. 30 deadline to finish work on the bill, after the two parties agreed last year […]
Farm owners in California mass shooting to pay workers $450,000 | California
The owners of two Northern California mushroom farms where a disgruntled employee shot and killed seven people last year will pay more than $450,000 in unpaid wages and damages to 62 employees. in announcement Announced Monday after an extensive investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor said the payments are part of an administrative settlement reached […]
Kansas moms Veronica Butler, Jilian Kelley allegedly killed by ‘God’s Misfits’ group were found dead in buried freezer on farm
The bodies of two Kansas mothers, allegedly murdered by members of a rebel group during a bitter custody battle, were buried in a freezer on an Oklahoma farm. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spent two days digging through a cattle pasture rented by one of the suspects and discovered the bodies of Veronica Butler, […]
House GOP releases farm bill proposal as clock ticks
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson (R-Pennsylvania) announced the long-awaited farm bill, kickstarting the process of fusing the competing visions of both chambers for a $1.5 trillion policy that will support the U.S. agricultural system. . Committees are expected to pass the multi-year package next week, but Congress must pass the bill between the Republican-controlled House’s […]
Florida bus carrying farm worker crashes, killing at least 8 and injuring dozens more: officials
At least eight people were killed and 40 hospitalized after a bus carrying farm workers crashed in Florida Tuesday morning, authorities said. Approximately 53 workers were injured when a 2010 International Bus “slided” into a 2001 Ford Ranger pickup truck on West State Route 40 in Marion County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). […]
Biden’s New Zero Agenda Spells Trouble Down On The Farm And Supermarket
Feeling the heat from farmers dumping manure in front of government buildings across the Continent, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is pumping the brakes on a pillar of the European Union’s Net-Zero climate policy and withdrawing an EU-wide bill that would force farmers to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by 50% by […]