Talk to any farmer who used to raise pigs, and they’ll more than likely tell you it all changed in 1998. That’s the year that draws memories of agony and financial pain for many. Hog margins bled red, ...

Opponents of Triumph Foods' proposed hog-processing plant in East Moline will hold a River Rally at Riverside Saturday. The rally will be from 4-7 p.m. at Riverside United MethodistLife Center, 2410 ...

Workers at the world's largest hog processing plant, Smithfield Packing Co. in Bladen County, have voted for a union to represent them at one of the state's largest industrial sites, totals released ...

I heard through relatives in Butte that a pig processing plant will be opened in Butte and that the city manager thinks it will only stink during hot weather. I have news for him, the pig farms and ...

I believe the wind generation plant proposed for Butte is tremendous. One hundred jobs with strong possibilities of 500 more; it doesn’t get any better than that, does it? However, I doubt we will see ...

MASON CITY, Iowa — Officials say Mason City is on its way to getting a hog-processing operation that's expected to employ up to 2,000 workers in its first two years. The Mason City Globe Gazette ...

Another disastrous “economic development” project is here. A hog processing plant is coming to our East Moline area. “What’s so bad about that?” some may ask. Well, “It stinks,” is the obvious answer, ...