Sentence examples for large hog farms from inspiring English sources

Pollution from large hog farms, which dump the slurry into giant holding tanks euphemistically called waste lagoons, gained its greatest infamy last fall, when Hurricane Floyd caused tanks throughout eastern North Carolina to overflow.

But Olsen says this is unlikely on large hog farms.

None of the cases were near Perote, which received a flurry of media attention shortly after the outbreak surfaced because it had what then looked like the earliest cases and the large hog farms in the area.

It turned out that he lived and worked on a large hog farm and didn't own a digital camera.

The stench of a large hog farm may seem nauseating, but a study now suggests that hog farm emissions which include dust, irritants, allergens, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and hundreds of volatile organic compounds could have a measurable impact on human health.

Biogas project subsidy can play roles in large-scale Hog Farms, while the litter subsidy of Fermented Bed plays mainly in small and medium-scale Hog Farms.

A public policy class learned about environmental damage from large-scale hog farms.

For example, large hog and chicken farms produce enormous amounts of manure in limited acreage, and spills can quickly degrade local water and soil.

Back when Maycroft was built, North Haven was sparsely populated, with large family estates and hog farms abutting one another.

Phosphorus in animal manure -- particularly from large-scale operations like corporate hog farms -- is carried into lakes and streams by rainwater.

New York's hog farms -- the largest of which, in Genesee County, has 6,000 animals -- pale in comparison to those in states like Iowa and North Carolina, where farms have up to 50,000 hogs.