CYLINDER, Iowa -- For the second time this month, a midwest father and son have died after succumbing to the noxious fumes inside their hog farm's manure pit. Gene Opheim, 58, and his son, Austin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Water in an unnamed tributary of Elk Run Creek in Carroll County, where a manure spill occurred Oct. 13, 2025. (Photo courtesy of ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A hog farm in southeast Iowa run by a Carlyle, Ill., corporation has become a battleground between environmental groups, state officials responsible for protecting the ...

In a secluded corner of rural eastern North Carolina, at the end of a long and winding farm lane, a pit of stinking hog manure is doing its bit to save the world from climate change. It may be a whiff ...

LOUISA COUNTY, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says they are investigating a hog manure spill into a Louisa County creek following a pumping incident. According to the Iowa DNR, the ...

Mother Jones's Tom Philpott has shared a problem that I didn't know existed, and cannot unknow now: You see, starting in about 2009, in the pits that capture manure under factory-scale hog farms, a ...