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NY-based advocacy group uses Iowa ag fire as soapbox

By Lynda Waddington 4/14/09

A New York-based livestock advocacy group is using news of a blaze at a central Iowa hog confinement to speak out against industrialized agriculture.

Decomposed Hogs Discovered in Raccoon River

By Dien Judge 6/18/07

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is trying to find out how at least 31 dead hogs ended up in the Raccoon River near Sac City.
In a statement released by the DNR on Monday, DNR environmental specialist Tim Roos stated that initial reports said at least 50 hogs were found near Haage Park in Sac [...]

Merger enlarges pork giant, Iowa Senators dismayed

By Dien Judge 5/17/07

It began late last year, when the largest processor of pork on earth announced that it was purchasing another giant in the industry of hog production.
Smithfield Foods purchased Premium Standard Farms, creating a mega-conglomerate that would control much of the hog production and processing in the world.  All Smithfield needed to proceed was a green [...]

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