Many hog buildings are starting to show their age, but focusing on regular maintenance could stretch out their shelf life. Brian Dougherty, Extension ag engineer with Iowa State University in eastern ...

Several helpful viewers sent links to information about how the Chinese manage the manure from the multistory hog facilities they are building. So, to David Marshall and Eric Owens, please send your ...

Workshops for Iowa hog producers are being held this week in four locations. Kapil Arora , an ag engineer with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, says they’re targeting the owners of swine ...

Like most Chinese industrial developments, there are good reasons for why these facilities are popping up. First is the shortage of farmland. China still has around a half-billion individual farmers ...