On a recent camping trip with his son's Cub Scout troop, Curtis Barwick ended a talk about his job managing contracts for the now-bankrupt Coharie Hog Farms with a desperate plea. "I really don't care ...

Neil Strother runs a small family farm in Wilson County. It's a way of life that is in deep trouble. About 25 hog farms in North Carolina sit idle and another eight are on the brink of closing, ...

Most hogs today are raised in barns that house thousands of animals, often owned by a company contracting with a local farmer. The factory-style operations are an economic driver in ...

KEWANEE, Ill. — As part of WQAD's Hometown Tours, our crew headed out to Henry County to broadcast live from Kewanee, Illinois. But we need to address the elephant -- or, should we say, the pig — in ...

A N.C. Senate Committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would grant blanket permission to the state’s hog farmers to begin harvesting and selling methane gas from hog waste lagoons — a move popular ...