In 2007, North Carolina permanently banned new or expanded hog farms that collect waste in lagoons and spray it on fields as fertilizer. The idea was to shift to cleaner disposal methods at these ...

Replacing commercial fertilizer with home-raised hog manure is one of the greatest benefits of adding swine production for a ...

Benton County residents are challenging three proposed concentrated animal feeding operations in Indiana following unanimous recommendations from the board of zoning appeals and plan commission ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD News) — U.S. hog production has shifted toward fewer, larger, and more specialized operations, giving big farms a clear cost advantage while increasing pressure on smaller ...

As soon as the skies clear after a hurricane hits eastern North Carolina, Larry Baldwin climbs in the passenger seat of a single-engine plane, usually with his friend and pilot Rick Dove, and surveys ...