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 ...

Angry bright red welts, criss-crossing a pig’s skin. Dark stretches of bruising as large as three human hands. Deep gashes that could only have been delivered with a blunt object, wielded with force.

Twenty miles west of the Mississippi River in Iowa, Mike Paustian raises some 30,000 pigs along with the help of 14 employees, about half of whom are family. This year, Covid-19 has radically altered ...

A California law regulating the sale of pork, which was recently upheld by the Supreme Court, could cost pork producers millions, driving up the price consumers pay, an Iowa farmer told Fox News ...

After decades raising hogs in Iowa, they wanted a way out of factory farming. Their solution was a return to nature, and a lot of mushrooms. By Cara Buckley Cara Buckley visited the Faaborg farm in ...

Just curious: This occasional feature in the Des Moines Register aims to answer your questions about Iowa. Is there some place, event, lore, history or cultural quirk you're just curious about? Email ...

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.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An animal welfare group gained access to an Iowa state lawmaker’s hog farm and has posted a video on the internet that shows pigs suffering and even dying in what appear to be ...