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Knowing where cattle and hog operations are clustered “allows us to ... This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Factory farms don’t just stink — they make it harder to breathe, ...
Democratic lawmakers are renewing the effort to end what they call "factory farming," while livestock groups like NCBA call the legislation a jumbled mess.
America’s factory farm sh*tshow: Massive livestock operations are taking over the country Factory farms have gotten bigger, more widespread and more crowded over the past 15 years ...
Today I was called a “factory farmer” because I use vaccines and antibiotics in my cattle herd and genetically engineered crop varieties in our fields. While I didn’t take it as the insult ...
As Iowa rushes to approve more confinement livestock operations, it is not all good news. Factory farms were unheard of when I was a farm boy growing up in Iowa. As you traveled country roads in ...
Research finds annual methane emissions of Iowa’s hog and cattle factory farms equal pollution from 4.4 million gas-powered passenger cars.