RUDD, Iowa — Chuck and Ed Souder see their new 2,490-head wean-to-finish hog barn as a way to reduce fertilize costs and diversify their farming operation, Souder and Sons Inc. The Souder family ...

Companies that build big hog barns are very unhappy with Governor Hunt's new proposal to place a moratorium on the building of new hog farms for two years. Hog Slats, Inc. of Sampson County says if ...

CARPENTER, S.D. — Samantha “Sam” LaMont, 31, and her husband, Taylon, 35, of Carpenter, South Dakota, are newbies in the hog business, but the couple is emblematic of a strong “uptick” in livestock in ...