What’s that smell? Neighbors complain that factory hog farms are ruining their ways of life

But industry leaders say many complaints come from people opposed to factory farming, not because of excessive odor
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 | 5:16 p.m. CST; updated 3:47 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

GREEN CITY — In a place where strangers wave to each other through the passing windshields of their pickups and neighbors tend to their neighbors’ crops for no more than a thank you, finding an unwelcome guest in this quiet town might seem unimaginable.

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