There is an old saying, perhaps trite: You don’t know how tough you are until tough is the only option. It’s only hog farming to some, but it has been the lifeblood of Beaver County. But now with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A documentary about North Carolina’s hog industry challenges viewers to look beyond the bacon on their breakfast plates. But they ...

Hollywood is once again barreling forward with a one-dimensional attack on an industry facing complex issues and misrepresenting its problems to demonize capitalism. A recent documentary, "The Smell ...

A California ballot measure has reshaped American pig farming, driven up pork prices and sparked a yearslong fight in ...

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 ...

Farmer Clay Trainum whistled at a group of young boars from a distance, urging them to greet him on a recent afternoon at Autumn Olive Farms on the outskirts of Waynesboro. “Come on, boys,” he ...

Contract farming constitutes a pivotal institutional mechanism in modern agri-food value chains, yet its distinct socioeconomic dynamics in livestock systems—fundamentally diverging from those of crop ...

For Belarus, the development of the pig industry is of particular importance. In all regions there are large pig breeding complexes that supply pork domestically and internationally. However, the ...