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Tag: CAFO

Posted inAgribusiness, National

Scaling up: 4 ways hog farms changed since the 1990s

by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest November 23, 2022January 19, 2023

The pork industry shifted dramatically over the past three decades. A USDA report tracks how the industry moved away from small operations to CAFOs, production contracts nd specialization.

Posted inEnvironment, National

Large CAFOs are known polluters. Here’s why EPA permits only cover one-third.

by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest November 17, 2022November 22, 2022
Posted inGraphics

Scaling Up: The weighty impact of hog farming’s evolution?

by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest September 7, 2022January 19, 2023
Posted inAgribusiness

As regulations vanish, one Missouri county is ground zero for factory farming debate

by Mallory Daily, for the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting March 22, 2021March 30, 2021
Posted inAgribusiness

Information on factory farms is spotty at best. The government has been hogtied from doing more.

by Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting February 25, 2021February 26, 2021
Posted in#agalerts

#AgAlerts: Property rights; food waste; livestock farm limitations; China

by Cynthia Voelkl/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting February 11, 2020February 11, 2020
Posted in#agalerts

#AgAlerts: CAFOs; Solar; Partial wavers

by Cynthia Voelkl/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting December 17, 2019December 17, 2019
Posted inAgribusiness

A battle brews in rural Wisconsin over factory farms

by Leah Douglas, Food and Environment Reporting Network November 20, 2019November 20, 2019
Posted inEnvironment, Government

Lawsuit challenges rule easing environmental reviews for animal confinements

by Christopher Walljasper/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting December 26, 2018January 23, 2023
Posted inAgribusiness, Environment

The air they breathe

by Leah Douglas/Food and Environmental Reporting Network December 21, 2018January 23, 2023

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