Seth Bodine
Seth Bodine was KOSU's agriculture and rural issues reporter from June 2020 to February 2022.
Previously, Bodine covered agriculture, business and culture for KBIA, the NPR affiliate station in Columbia, Missouri. He also covered the 2020 Missouri Legislature for the Missouri Broadcasters Association and KMOX-St. Louis.
He was also formerly an intern at Missouri Business Alert, Denver Business Journal and the Colorado Springs Gazette. His work has been picked up by dozens of publications, including U.S. News & World Report, The Associated Press and The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting.
Bodine graduated with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and English creative writing from Colorado State University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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The Oklahoma State Fair is returning after being cancelled last year due to COVID-19.
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When countries like China buy soybeans and grain, that journey might start in a port in the land-locked state of Oklahoma.
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Tyson and Perdue Farms have agreed to pay millions of dollars to chicken farmers after a lawsuit alleged that the chicken processors conspired to keep down farmer wages.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture and conservationists say planting cover crops play a big role in preserving the soil. Some farmers in drier regions think differently.
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Seaboard Foods says it is facing a labor shortage, and is requesting temporary foreign workers from the Department of Labor, but employees are pushing back on the claim.
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Rural communities will receive millions in broadband funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But, providers might have to overcome some obstacles first.
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The U.S. Senate passed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package on Tuesday that would upgrade roads, bridges, broadband internet, water pipes and more throughout the country. Starting today, KOSU and other NPR member stations in the state are launching a series of stories focused on infrastructure right here in Oklahoma.
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A viral outbreak in hogs just off the U.S. coast has U.S. officials ramping up efforts to make sure it doesn't decimate the American pork industry.
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Oklahoma is seeing a surge of marijuana growing facilities in the state. That’s because the state has some of the loosest restrictions on grows in the country, and the licenses are cheap. But not all the growing operations are legal.
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The Noble Research Institute is shifting its focus from plant science to regenerative agriculture. For many research staff, that means taking buyouts.