Overview

Intensive piggeries (or hog lots) are a type of factory farm specialized in the raising of domestic pigs up to slaughter weight. In this system of pig production, grower pigs are housed indoors in group-housing or straw-lined sheds, whilst pregnant sows are confined in sow stalls (gestation crates) and give birth in farrowing crates.

On June 21, 1995, the side of an 8-acre hog waste lagoon at Oceanview Farms ruptured, spilling nearly 22 million gallons of hog waste into the surrounding area, including tributaries that feed into the New River, in Onslow, near Jacksonville, SC

References

• Hog farming - wikipedia
• The impact of hog farms