Opponents of Triumph Foods' proposed hog-processing plant in East Moline will hold a River Rally at Riverside Saturday. The rally will be from 4-7 p.m. at Riverside United MethodistLife Center, 2410 ...

Shannon Gibbons of Mason City addresses the City Council with her concerns about the proposed hog processing plant Tuesday during the public forum of the council meeting at the Mason City Public ...

BARSTOW, Ill. — The signs in the parking lot made clear the purpose of the rally: “We can do better than hogs,” one sign read. “(East Moline Mayor John) Thodos 1-term mayor,” another read. Residents ...

MASON CITY — Protesters gathered Monday morning outside of City Hall in downtown Mason City to show their opposition to a proposed hog processing plant. Signs reading “Say no to the slaughterhouse” ...

Ranchland Packing Co. wants to move from its location at 1201 Centennial Ave., and open a new hog processing plant in the Tax Increment Financing Industrial District, west of Butte. Owner Gary Wold ...

This week, WHQR is exploring the growth and impact of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in our series "CAFO Country." As we reported, eastern North Carolina is a national leader for ...

Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel could slaughter up to 9 million hogs a year12 percent more than now allowedunder a draft wastewater permit proposed this month by the N.C. Department of Environmental ...

DENISON, Iowa (AP) -- The president of Smithfield Foods Inc. wasted no time meeting with employees of the Denison Farmland Foods hog processing plant and assuring them there would be little change ...