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There’s a new strategy when it comes to combating the smells and air quality concerns that arise from large-scale animal feeding operations: Blame the...
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Growing up in Rushville, Carrie Johnson, the granddaughter of Schuyler County pig and dairy farmers, learned early-on the importance of agriculture to the…
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A petition drive forced the Illinois Department of Agriculture to hold a public informational meeting on plans to build a large-scale hog farm east of…
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A pork producer plans to build a hog farm in McDonough County. Tri Oak Foods, based in Oakville, IA, has chosen a 1.5 acre site south of U.S. Highway 136…
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As animal welfare expert Temple Grandin has described it, pregnant pigs housed in gestation crates spend their days living in the equivalent of an airline…
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Thanks to tight competition, hog farmers are feeling a push to expand or get out of the business.That means indoor concentrated animal feeding operations,…
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The Illinois Department of Agriculture has approved a proposed hog confinement in Adams County, after adding additional environmental protections.Those…
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The Illinois Department of Agriculture is holding up a proposed large-scale hog farm in northeast Hancock County.Junction Acres would be home to up to…
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Opponents of a proposed large-scale hog farm in McDonough County can breathe a sigh of relief - at least for now.The Illinois Department of Agriculture…