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More than 220 mega hog farms operate in the Yucatan territory, wreaking havoc on water reserves, traditional agriculture, food sovereignty and territorial ...
The law bars the sale of whole pork products from farms that keep sows in tight confinement cages known as gestation crates or stalls.
* Mitchell-based hog farrowing barn Bluestem Family Farms has received a $51,000 grant to help install 288 hog heat mats, which increase profits by assisting piglets with growth and weight gain.
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) in Duplin County, NC. Hog farms can be identified by the lagoons located next to the long hog houses. The hog waste is washed from the houses into the ...
Smithfield Foods said it will end contracts with 26 hog farms in the U.S. state of Utah, in the latest contraction by the world's largest pork processor in the face of an industry oversupply.
After years of deliberations, a blanket moratorium on industrial hog farming in the Buffalo River watershed has been implemented by state legislators and the Department of Agriculture.
The state of Illinois recognizes Kewanee as the hog capital of the world. But what does that mean today, when pork production in the county has been surpassed?