Livestock farms generate about 70% of the nation’s ammonia emissions, plus gases that cause global warming, particularly methane. Yet they aren’t required to get permits under the Clean Air Act.

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

In my view, current measures in place to protect rural communities from factory farms are grossly insufficient. CAFOs have been defined as point sources of pollution under the Clean Water Act for ...

Finally, factory farms are a menace to health and the environment, especially their waste. In 2022, factory farms in Washington County, Iowa produced 156 times as much manure as the county’s human ...

Food & Water Watch, which advocates for a moratorium on large animal feed operations, said the number of cattle, chickens, turkeys and hogs on “factory farms” grew by 6.1 percent from 2017 to ...

Food & Water Watch Takes on the EPA to Hold Factory Farms Accountable. One reason that factory farms get away with avoiding regulation altogether is that the EPA doesn’t require them to monitor their ...

Live animal markets and factory farms on Long Island provide the "perfect conditions" for the spread of bird flu, experts say. Long Island Press is the new home of your local paper.

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 ...