BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minnesota — In 2014, Lowell Trom hit a breaking point. For two decades, he had watched as his small farming ...

In 2014, Lowell and Evelyn Trom learned that a farmer wanted to build a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) across the road from their family farm in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. By then, ...

Regarding, "Saying no to factory hog farm," Forum editorial, published Sept. 8: As candidates for the Legislature from District 22, we agree with the position of the Concerned Citizens of Buffalo ...

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 ...

Predictions for this year's hurricane season are unprecedented. Factory farms will make devastating storms and flooding even worse. Predictions for this year's hurricane season are unprecedented.

This is in response to the letter from the Greenup fellow regarding factory hog farms. I have visited a modern factory hog farm and dairy cattle facility. The trends however are not more of these ...

A factory hog operation has been proposed less than 1 mile from the Devils Lake shore. Yearly, this facility would house over 100,000 pigs and produce over 3.5 million gallons of waste! Langdon, and ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Gov. Tom Vilsack briefly mentioned solutions that state leaders may enact to regulate factory hog farms during his Condition of the State speech on Tuesday. "Today, I renew my ...