In 2018, the African swine fever swept through China. It resulted in the loss of approximately 10 million pigs, leading to a ...

Journalist Barry Estabrook knows how to enjoy a juicy heritage pork chop. He'll also be the first to tell you what intelligent, sensitive creatures pigs are. "I had no idea how smart they were until I ...

A company used CRISPR to make the animals resistant to deadly diseases, but watchdogs say viruses are not the problem. By Andrew Paul Published Feb 23, 2024 2:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

The idea of cows grazing in a pasture seems idyllic. We asked experts how their emissions stack up compared to factory farms. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey And that is bad news for our planet. By Matt ...

Pig farming and wastewater were among the factors that consistently contributed to river pollution between 2020 and 2024, ...

For most pregnant pigs on big factory farms in the U.S., each four-month gestation is spent in a tiny crate. The sows can stand up but can’t turn around or take more than a couple of steps. Slats in ...

BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minnesota — In 2014, Lowell Trom hit a breaking point. For two decades, he had watched as his small farming ...

For Belarus, the development of the pig industry is of particular importance. In all regions there are large pig breeding complexes that supply pork domestically and internationally. However, the ...