A documentary about North Carolina’s hog industry challenges viewers to look beyond the bacon on their breakfast plates. But they might not like what they see. “The Smell of Money,” directed by ...

A 17-year-old worker died at a pork producer in Nebraska run by the governor’s family. Two investigations later, the boy’s ...

Environmental advocates are calling for more transparency and oversight of hog-waste digesters after a system on a Wayne County farm erupted May 30, flooding the area with millions of gallons of gray, ...

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is asking the public to comment on its draft permits that oversee hog, cattle and a limited number of poultry operations across the state as part of a five ...

Since the 1990s, hog farms have gotten bigger, more specialized and more productive, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Environmental Research Service. The number of ...

An open-pit lagoon is filled with waste from a hog farm in Duplin County, North Carolina. Credit: Courtesy of The Smell of Money René Miller rests in a recliner in a darkened room, gasping through a ...

Hollywood is once again barreling forward with a one-dimensional attack on an industry facing complex issues and misrepresenting its problems to demonize capitalism. A recent documentary, "The Smell ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - Covered swine barns dot the landscape near Platte Center, where tens of thousands of hogs are raised and fed. Many of these barns are owned by a local boy who ...

Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) in Duplin County, NC. Hog farms can be identified by the lagoons located next to the long hog houses. The hog waste is washed from the houses into the ...