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Critics Call the Poultry Farming System Rigged. Craig Watts Is Fighting to Overturn It.

As Watts’ legal battle drags on, the Trump administration moves to delay a Biden-era rule designed to reform how farmers get paid.

By Lisa Sorg

Craig Watts raised chicks on a factory farm for 20 years but left after he clashed with Perdue, the giant poultry company, over contract provisions and the welfare of the animals. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News
Curious Holstein dairy cows feed on silage in a freestall barn at a large California dairy.

There Are 10 Million Tons of Manure Missing in California

Seth Millstein, Sentient

Stretched Thin, Iowa Agency Issues Few Fines for Manure Pollution

By Nina B. Elkadi, Anika Jane Beamer

A field near Polk City, Iowa, where hog manure was recently spread and incorporated into topsoil. Credit: Anika Jane Beamer/Inside Climate News

Factory Farms in Iowa Generate 110 Billion Pounds of Manure Per Year. No One Tracks Where It’s Going.

By Anika Jane Beamer, Nina B. Elkadi

Hogs are raised on an Iowa farm on July 25, 2018. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Groups Urge the EPA to Do Its Duty: Regulate Factory Farm Emissions

By Liza Gross

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