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Pig farming, pork farming, pig production or hog farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed principally for food (e.g. pork : bacon , ham , gammon ) and skins .
Death on a Factory Farm follows the undercover investigation of Wiles Hog Farm by the animal rights group The Humane Farming Association (HFA), and the resulting court case against it. The organization received a tip from an employee at the farm that animals were being abused, including a claim that hogs were being hung by chains and strangled ...
Smithfield retained ownership of the pigs. Only farmers able to handle thousands of pigs were contracted, which meant that smaller farms went out of business. [1] In North Carolina, Smithfield's expansion mirrored hog farmers' decline; there were 667,000 hog farms there in 1980 and 67,000 in 2005.
Sep. 11—OAKWOOD — During the week of Sept. 2-6, Cooper Farms hosted area legislators on tours of multiple of its locations, such as a sow farm, a hog grow-out farm and a turkey breeder farm.
Tickets for the first 'Hog-O-Fest' in Bowersville are now on sale for an Oct. 12 event. Mingle and pet the pigs during 'Hog-O-Fest' on a Hart County farm Skip to main content
Intensive pig farming, also known as pig factory farming, is the primary method of pig production, in which grower pigs are housed indoors in group-housing or straw-lined sheds in establishments also known as piggeries, whilst pregnant sows are housed in gestation crates or pens and give birth in farrowing crates.
Gestation crates, used on modern pig-production facilities, commonly referred to as factory farms. A gestation crate, also known as a sow stall, is a metal enclosure in which a farmed sow used for breeding may be kept during pregnancy. [1] [2] [3] A standard crate measures 6.6 ft x 2.0 ft (2 m x 60 cm). [4] [5]
After suffering through unbelievable abuse, this gentle pot-bellied pig has learned to love again. A concerned resident in Lancaster, Ohio, called PETA after they saw the animal struggling with ...