Two proposed state rules governing the regulation and permitting of large livestock farms will go before a state legislative committee on Nov. 14. The proposed rules have drawn both praise and concern ...

Living near a poultry farm in North Carolina can reduce a home’s value by up to 30%, according to a Duke University study. That finding comes as the number of birds North Carolina poultry farms raise ...

The Pollution Control and Ecology Commission on Friday unanimously voted to adopt changes to a state regulation that would make an existing temporary moratorium on medium- and large swine farms in the ...

Mayor Angela Russell of Tontitown asks the Pollution Control and Ecology Commission of ADEQ for help with Tontitown's air pollution problem. Credit: Phillip Powell / Arkansas Times State environmental ...

North Carolina is a national leader with more than 8 million hogs and close to a billion chickens and turkeys in production. Most are raised on an industrial scale, in what are known as "concentrated ...

Although there have always been hog farmers in North Carolina, the industry was fairly small until the mid-1980s. At that time, a major new hog slaughter plant opened in the state, and dozens of new ...