Brabant farmers have submitted planning applications to build several enormous complexes for factory farming pigs, reports the Volkskrant on Tuesday. The animals will be kept on two floors - giving the complexes the nickname of 'pig appartments' Local people are up in arms. Two other locations in Twenterand are also up for consideration. Keep personal data (cookie)?

Pigs brought down farming costs by aerating the soil; they kept sanitation levels high by eating household waste; they produced nitrogen-rich fertilizer. By 1981, the disease had ravaged hundreds of thousands of pigs - a natural disaster attributable to poor customs practices, or the will of the Vodou spirits. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (an agency of the Organization of American States), the...

Ryan took fourth place overall in his age division and first place in his class with his prized Yorkshire pig during the World Pork Expo in Iowa for contestants 21 years of age or younger earlier this month. Local youth hogs the show in international pig expo. Todd Michael said showing pigs has taught Ryan how to interact with other kids his age and allowed him to travel. Ryan trained the three pigs he entered by walking them around in the yard and practicing his showmanship. Ryan is a...

Live cattle- With the high input costs of escalating corn prices and high priced feeder cattle, feedlots and cattle producers trying to increase their marketing efforts. Weekly export sales will be of more importance as the trade will want to measure if the high price levels are curbing demand. Basis levels should remain very tight and likely will narrow further as producers have essentially completed the harvest and safely tucked the crop away in storage. Prices will work higher into the...

Market players said weak global advices during the day could not have any major impact on the markets as investors were busy in rolling over their positions to the next series. The market is expected to witness high volatility in the next three days in view of the expiry of futures contract. The market closed in the black drawing support from a smart rally in capital goods heavyweights like L&T and BHEL. The BSE barometer moved erratically in 97 points range before ending the day at 14487....

Under a national wildlife disease management program, Keirn said researchers will collect and test wild pigs in up to 25 states to look for the presence of classical swine fever. The rooting and wallowing activities of the creatures, which tear apart the earth to search for food, have also forced some farmers to repeatedly replant fields. While feral swine have plagued warmer states for years, they are a recent problem in Iowa, with wildlife officials working to eradicate them since 2004....

The online shopping comparison marketplace that helps you find discount shopping and compare prices on products and services in your city and around the country. Mike Crapo, proposed opening up agriculture exports to Cuba and ending travel restrictions, putting them at odds with a White House adamantly opposed to easing a half-century-old embargo. Removing further barriers to exporting to Cuba will broaden the market opportunities for Idaho potatoes, wheat, peas, beans, barley, lentils,...

Even at that, market analysts said chicken was seen as a more stable wholesale market than beef or pork, which makes it more attractive to buyers. That doesn't bode well for hog and cattle markets, they said, because both appear to have increased supplies of slaughter-ready animals targeted for the summer months. Meat market analysts almost universally agree with Eric Scholer, market analyst at Express Markets Analytics, who said "with (weekly) egg sets running between 2% and 3% higher...

The National Geographic Channel dug up the giant porker nicknamed "Hogzilla" from a couple of years back and made a television special out of its decaying remains. Fueled by the Internet, a euphemistic term for gossip at the speed of light, new versions of Jurassic Pork show up on a regular basis. I don't recall the exact weight, but the black hog in the photo looked roughly the size of an Angus steer. The big pig had wandered into the outskirts of some rural town and was eating garbage,...