Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A documentary about North Carolina’s hog industry challenges viewers to look beyond the bacon on their breakfast plates. But they ...

Since the 1990s, hog farms have gotten bigger, more specialized and more productive, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Environmental Research Service. The number of ...

Environmental advocates are calling for more transparency and oversight of hog-waste digesters after a system on a Wayne County farm erupted May 30, flooding the area with millions of gallons of gray, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 14—STEWARTVILLE, Minn. — A very different kind of "hog farm" is being built by United Therapeutics Corp. on the edge of ...

A North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling recently could require environmental regulators to submit proposed changes to general permits to the state’s rule review process, attorneys on both sides of ...

A new farm bill slated for a vote this week at the statehouse changes North Carolina hog farm rules in ways that environmentalists say would be bad for the environment, allowing farmers to vent more ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - Covered swine barns dot the landscape near Platte Center, where tens of thousands of hogs are raised and fed. Many of these barns are owned by a local boy who ...

Most hogs today are raised in barns that house thousands of animals, often owned by a company contracting with a local farmer. The factory-style operations are an economic driver in ...

Two proposed state rules governing the regulation and permitting of large livestock farms will go before a state legislative committee on Nov. 14. The proposed rules have drawn both praise and concern ...