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 ...

North Carolina is a national leader with more than 8 million hogs and close to a billion chickens and turkeys in production. Most are raised on an industrial scale, in what are known as "concentrated ...

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The 2026 farm bill includes a provision (the "Save Our Bacon Act") that would eliminate one of the last remaining market opportunities for independent hog farmers, Sonja Trom Eayrs writes.

Brian Thompson speaks at a legislative committee on Nov. 14, asking the committee to strengthen public transparency for hog farm permits. Credit: Phillip Powell / Arkansas Times A state legislative ...

The hog farm would be located about 13 miles north of Oriska.

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 ...