More than 220 mega hog farms operate in the Yucatan territory, wreaking havoc on water reserves, traditional agriculture, food sovereignty and territorial control by local communities. This industry ...

Permits for two mega-hog farms near Fithian have been submitted. The usual benefits, including some construction jobs, two full-time jobs later, some trucking, some tax revenue, and additional income ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Circuit Court Judge Patricia Joyce has put a temporary halt to a new law aimed at reining in local regulations on large-scale ...

Hog prices are holding firm at 4-year lows, and pork producers are facing financial problems that depress the farm economy, but the crisis makes barely a ripple in most rural communities.

For indigenous groups, environmentalists and small local producers, the project is illegal. Mega farms are expected to produce 900,000 tonnes of meat over four years for Chinese domestic consumption, ...

If the industrialization of hog production takes hold on the Northern Plains, lawmakers and hog producers can take lessons from the mistakes made in the southeastern United States, specifically North ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A Cole County judge has temporarily paused enforcement of a new rule opponents say is advantageous to a company looking to build a massive hog operation in rural Livingston County.

WENONA — A Lostant woman is trying to drum up opposition to a $17 million hog farm proposed for Marshall County between Wenona and Lostant.