Environmental and animal welfare organizations have filed a notice of intent to sue a southeast Iowa hog farm after it spilled thousands of gallons of hog manure earlier this month into a creek ...

Industrialized methods have hit Iowa’s livestock farms as well. Since 1992, “the state’s pig population has increased by more than 50 percent while the number of hog farms has declined by ...

As of Dec. 1, 2024, there were 75.8 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 1% from December 2023, but down slightly from ...

US hog producers predicted 2.93 million sows farrow between December 2024 and February 2025 as well as 2.95 million sows farrow between March 2025 and May 2025.