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HOG CONFINEMENT

Opinion: Pigs deserve better than farm-factory treatment

By Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest | April 6, 2022

In 2012, the battleground for fast-food supremacy targeted the cruel, tragic use by Big Meat of gestation crates. McDonald's made a huge PR splash in May with an announcement of a ten-year plan.

Clear data for making best decisions about antibiotic use in hogs lacking

By Helaina Thompson/IowaWatch.org | February 14, 2018

Heightened concern about antibiotic resistance has put livestock antibiotic use into question, but not without pushback from large hog confinement operators who say they are using antibiotics judiciously.