PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. — Caleb Baer never imagined the response he’d get to a Craigslist ad looking for homes — or freezers — for some of his pigs. “Due to the COVID-19 epidemic going around and loss ...

Given the dismal national record of pig processing plants, Ranchland Packing Co.’s proposed pig plant is potentially very problematic for Butte. While the company and some Butte officials tout the ...

Domestic pigs reproduce through a breeding process that is closely managed on farms around the world. During mating, a male pig, known as a boar, mounts the female, called a sow, in a behavior driven ...