AKRON, Iowa (AP) — In recent years, Fred Zenk built two barns housing about 2,400 hogs between them — long, white, concrete-and-metal structures that are ubiquitous in the Midwestern ...

AKRON – In recent years, Fred Zenk built two barns housing about 2,400 hogs between them – long, white, concrete-and-metal … ...

Furor erupts as factory farms provide abundant food, ... Critics say yesteryear’s barnyard whiffs were nothing like the overpowering stench from today’s supersized operations.

Iowa has 80 million farm animals and 3 million people. Yet in 2017, regulators didn’t know how many livestock farms were in the state. Under federal pressure, the Department of Natural Resources ...

Factory farms provide abundant food, but environment suffers. John Flesher. Associated Press. View Comments. Akron, Iowa – In recent years, Fred Zenk built two barns housing about 2,400 hogs ...