As a federal court jury was being seated in Raleigh on Tuesday for the third in a string of lawsuits against pork giant Smithfield Foods, Republican lawmakers and state officials went to Duplin County ...

The hog farm would be located about 13 miles north of Oriska.

Livestock farmers benefit from low corn and soybean prices reducing feed costs and boosting margins. Storing cheap feed is helpful for when prices rise.

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 ...

Operating a 26-story facility requires managing a population of 650,000 animals annually. The structure’s vertical scale allows more pigs to be bred at once than a typical farm. Traditional horizontal ...