March 1 is National Pig Day, and as a resident in the No. 1 pork producing state in the country you're expected to be equipped with some knowledge. So here are five facts about pigs in Iowa. How many ...

Ever wonder just how many pigs, chickens, turkeys, cattle, lambs and goats live in Iowa? The answer is many more than there are people in the state. And that’s just the pigs. Iowa raised about 53.4 ...

Editor's Note: The Faaborg family farm is located in Hardin County. The story has been corrected. A former Hardin County hog farm is in the spotlight for an environmentally conscious transformation. A ...

No one wants their family business to look like the Dutton family’s in Yellowstone. Todd Wiley's innovative succession ...

The Pig Farmer Batch and Build program is a partnership among the Iowa Pork Producers Association, Iowa Nutrient Research and ...

Last year it cost more to raise a hog than it brought in at sale. This year is looking slightly better so far for pork production, but input costs—such as energy and labor—remain high. Growing up on a ...

VISIUM’s innovative Far-UVC sanitization technology is installed at Pig Hill Farms, marking a significant advancement in the fight against diseases, such as Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory ...

Iowa farmland is in high demand, which isn’t surprising considering we’re ranked first in the country for the production of corn, eggs, and pigs. In 2022, the Census of Agriculture reported more than ...

WASHINGTON - An undercover video shot at an Iowa pig farm shows workers hitting sows with metal rods, slamming piglets on a concrete floor and bragging about jamming rods up into sows' hindquarters.

Factory farms in Iowa produce 109 billion pounds of waste each year, according to a new report from Food and Water Watch about concentrated livestock operations in the U.S. That’s 25 times more waste ...

BROOKLYN, Iowa -- Investigators say they have searched a pig farm and other places in east-central Iowa near where a University of Iowa student went missing but have turned up no sign of her. KCCI-TV ...

A new study from the Iowa Pork Producers Association finds the hog industry contributed more than $15-billion to Iowa’s economy last year. Association spokesman Kevin Hall says the study, which is ...