A documentary about North Carolina’s hog industry challenges viewers to look beyond the bacon on their breakfast plates. But they might not like what they see. “The Smell of Money,” directed by ...

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 ...

National Hog Farmer's annual New Product Tour allows companies to showcase their latest products for helping producers save ...

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 ...

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is asking the public to comment on its draft permits that oversee hog, cattle and a limited number of poultry operations across the state as part of a five ...

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 ...

Eight fire departments responded to a fire early Monday morning at a hog confinement facility owned by Pillen Family Farms ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will investigate whether the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality violated federal law by issuing permits to industrial hog operations that allow ...

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 ...

Wild hogs cause $60 million to $80 million in annual damage to Mississippi agriculture, forcing farmers and the state to ...

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 ...