PIERCE CITY, Mo. — Comments were numerous and varied at a public hearing last week on new poultry concentrated animal feeding operations proposed in the area. The meeting on Friday, May 30, at Pierce ...

To stay certified under new federal permits, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Michigan will need to follow state rules that officials say come with financial and logistical burdens.The new ...

The growth of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, has changed the landscape of eastern North Carolina in recent decades. Big companies now depend on North Carolina farmers to supply the ...

EPA’s denial of a petition last year seeking new regulations for concentrated animal feeding operations was reasonable, the 9 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found. “EPA has deemed it prudent to ...

Understanding where farm animals are raised is crucial for managing their environmental impacts and developing technological ...

A Pierce County town of about 600 residents passed an ordinance requiring factory farms to obtain permits before moving into or expanding in the community. The decision follows a handful of other ...

In a stretch of Northern California known for scenic shorelines and celebrated vineyards, hundreds of brown-bodied hens waddle around a large barn at Weber Family Farms. “You provide them a ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A deal may have been reached at the South Dakota Capitol on changing state licensing fees for large producers of livestock. The state Department of Agriculture and Natural ...

This April 2012 file photo shows turkeys at a farm in Lebanon, Pa. JEFFERSON CITY — A commission overseeing clean water laws in Missouri rejected requests Wednesday to toughen environmental rules for ...

A federal judge has thrown out a long-running lawsuit contesting EPA’s decision during President Donald Trump’s first term to give big hog, cattle and poultry businesses a pass on a key air pollution ...