One Minnesota hog farmer sealed the cracks in his barn and piped carbon dioxide through the ventilation system. Another farmer has considered gassing his animals after loading them into a truck. And a ...

Third generation hog farmer Chad Leman, making his daily rounds, points to dozens of 300-pound pigs. "These pigs should be gone," he said. He means gone to the meatpacking plant to be processed. But ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government promised Friday to spend $500 million to encourage the construction of smaller meat processing plants located closer to farmers who raise chickens, pigs ...