The Forum reported on the North Dakota Sow Center seeking a $400,000 state grant to build four 5,000-pig farrowing barns in different locations in North Dakota. I have concerns regarding our tax money ...

A spokesperson from Prestage Farms said the fire occurred in only one barn on the farm site. The barn that burned was a farrowing house, used for birthing pigs, and contained about 380 sows and their ...

Feeding management Multiple feeding practices have been related to sow livability. At the gilt level, research by Deen and ...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — The North Dakota Farm Bureau is accusing a Ramsey County township of going beyond its legal authority in trying to prevent the development of a pig farm. North Dakota Farm Bureau, ...

A state commission wisely tabled a request for a grant to help fund the process leading up to the construction of four hog farrowing barns planned for various areas in North Dakota. The Agricultural ...

CLARA CITY, Minn. — George Lanoue’s 100-sow farrow-to-finish farm is just the right size for him. The Clara City farmer does most of the work himself. He markets between 1,600 to 1,700 hogs and raises ...

The large-scale animal agricultural industry is spreading across the Northern Plains. The latest is a 5,000-hog farrowing barn under construction near Nekoma, N.D. It's scheduled to open this spring.

Animal welfare activists, public submitters and the associate agriculture minister are still at odds around the use of farrowing crates and mating stalls at pig farms, amid the release of covert ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Lake County man who lost a court fight over a hog barn east of Madison is taking his case to a federal appeals court. Ben Elliott's lawsuit alleged violations of property ...