House Environmental Affairs Committee Chair Dave Wolkins decided not to hear a bill this session that deals with confined animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.

The study committee's report will recommend expanding public notice requirements for farmers seeking to build a CAFO,

A legislative study committee is studying large-scale animal agriculture this summer.

Legislators could introduce new regulations during the next legislative session. Committee hearings on the issue have drawn impassioned testimony from supporters and opponents alike.

The Agriculture and Natural Resources Legislative Study Committee held its second of three planned meetings.

An organization of crop and livestock farmers says that's good news for Indiana's economy, but some Hoosiers say the consequences outweigh the benefits.

CAFO legislation died in the Indiana senate earlier this year.

The decision comes about a year after the families in the town of Hope appealed to the county about the impact of large hog farms on their home values.

The researchers sought correlations between certain rules, demographics and complaints against CAFOs, hoping to determine the best ways to reduce conflict.

Bartholomew County officials denied individual property tax appeals from a group of neighbors who live near a large confined hog farm in the rural town of Hope.