ST. PAUL (AP) — Tim Carroll wasn’t all that concerned at first when he learned a neighbor was planning to start a new hog feedlot. Now, however, he and other neighbors are raising a stink about it.

BAYFIELD, WIS. – The vivid blue expanse of Lake Superior and the national lakeshore near Madeline Island here in northern Wisconsin have always been largely immune to environmental threats from ...

The word manure conjures up images of nutrient-rich crop fertilizer for some and smelly cow pies for others. Scott Glarner, who lives in Dodge County's Milton Township, sees manure as a potentially ...

As a 20,000-head hog feedlot fills up near Cando, N.D., counties in northeast North Dakota are scrambling to create laws to regulate such livestock operations. Towner County, which claims Cando as its ...

U.S. counties with hog and cattle feeding operations may be subject to higher air pollution levels, while lacking the health insurance necessary to treat related medical problems, a study published ...

OLIVIA -- Renville County's board of commissioners will act on a conditional use permit for a large hog feedlot proposed in Wang Township at its meeting Tuesday. The commissioners will decide on the ...

Opponents of a proposed hog feedlot in Fillmore County may not get the full environmental review they're demanding, but one thing is clear: They've got the attention of the state's top pollution ...

The latest feedlot proposal to hit Clay County planners has a familiar ring to it. There's an applicant, Ezra Baer of Lake Park, who wants to build two barns to house 1,000 weanling hogs and 2,000 ...

Last Tuesday night, I attended the Byron Township meeting in Leader, northwest of Brainerd. The main agenda was the proposed corporate hog feedlot in the area of Leader. The audience consisted of ...