Since the 1990s, hog farms have gotten bigger, more specialized and more productive, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Environmental Research Service.
The dinner doesn't need to be disclosed to authorities, raising questions about how effective state lobbying rules are. “If someone doesn't record it,” one expert said, “how are you going to find out?”
Two of the largest poultry processing companies in the country, Wayne Farms and Sanderson Farms, will soon be merged to create one corporation amid a DOJ antitrust lawsuit against the companies. One expert fears the lawsuit won’t do enough to stop the merger from overpowering the chicken industry.
Las agencias federales y estatales gastan millones de dólares cada año para mantener a las carpas invasoras destructivas fuera de los Grandes Lagos. Mientras tanto, al menos 25 especies destructivas, como pulgas de agua y camarones rojos, se están acercando poco a poco a la cuenca del río Mississipp
Federal and state agencies spend millions of dollars every year to keep destructive invasive carp out of the Great Lakes. Meanwhile, at least 25 destructive species — like water fleas and bloody red shrimp — are inching closer to the Mississippi River Basin.
A climate study released during one of the hottest summers on record predicts a 125-degree “extreme heat belt” will stretch across a quarter of the country by 2053.
Last August, Cargill and Continental Grain Company – owner of Wayne Farms – announced they had reached a joint venture agreement to buy Sanderson Farms for a cool $4.53 billion.
