On an average hog farm in Saskatchewan, there are often more than 20,000 pigs being raised at one time. This kind of large-scale swine farm is common in Mexico too.

Manitoba Farm building code considered in wake of hog-barn fires Roughly 28,000 hogs killed by fire this year CBC News · Posted: Jun 26, 2008 1:53 PM PDT | Last Updated: June 26, 2008 ...

By Debra Probert The hysteria over the H1N1 swine flu is reaching epidemic proportions. Yet the general public has little understanding of the flaws in our conventional food production systems ...

To prevent another outbreak of swine fever, China has transformed its traditional pig farms into giant factory farms. In Hongqiao, Hubei province, two buildings now house hundreds of thousands of ...

Dozens of other fires at hog farms have been reported across the country in recent years. A fire in two barns near Leroy killed an estimated 5,000 pigs on Saturday, June 18, 2016.