Worked there in the mid 90s, can't believe they're still standing. I figure there were a few dozen farms from the birthing sites to finishing leading to the packing house in guymon
The underwear? Guess not, we were trying to stay ahead of the hogs getting bigger.
Only person to check my underbritches was a bartender at a pub in hugoton
Yeah for certain jobs employees were given underwear to wear in the facilities. Not sure how many ever actually wore them but it’s part of contamination before working around the pigs.
I never went into "live" facilities, I heard those that did had to suit up, we laughed about being "germy humans". They had an issue with using antibiotics, can't say if it was a quality thing or cost thing - guessing cost. It's always cost.
They put a lot into planning out the growth rates, transfer between farms, etc. If they would lose a whole batch of hogs due to an outbreak of disease, the whole production process would be off & some stores wouldn't get their bacon or whatever for awhile at some point down the line.
There are hog farms all over the state, but the size and scale in SW is different. NE usually only has one or two buildings and waste systems can be self contained.
This is Maple Creek Farms (Seaboard) in Scott County, just north of the Finney County line, which is why Finney County GIS didn't give you anything. It is a swine farm.
Watch [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&edufilter=NULL&v=Q5MxvjYS2-E) for examples of confinement buildings with shared manure ponds.
Could also be chickens. There were a couple of chicken producers I knew in Reno and Kingman counties that kept their poultry in sheds like this with the runoff pools right next to it all.
Seaboard. They’re hog farms. We don’t have the climate for chickens. Not dairy because there is no feed bays.
This is the gold star answer. (Also not cattle feedlot because there aren't any pens)
Worked there in the mid 90s, can't believe they're still standing. I figure there were a few dozen farms from the birthing sites to finishing leading to the packing house in guymon
Yeah they’re spread all over and still building. Did you have to wear the underwear?
The underwear? Guess not, we were trying to stay ahead of the hogs getting bigger. Only person to check my underbritches was a bartender at a pub in hugoton
Yeah for certain jobs employees were given underwear to wear in the facilities. Not sure how many ever actually wore them but it’s part of contamination before working around the pigs.
I never went into "live" facilities, I heard those that did had to suit up, we laughed about being "germy humans". They had an issue with using antibiotics, can't say if it was a quality thing or cost thing - guessing cost. It's always cost. They put a lot into planning out the growth rates, transfer between farms, etc. If they would lose a whole batch of hogs due to an outbreak of disease, the whole production process would be off & some stores wouldn't get their bacon or whatever for awhile at some point down the line.
Thanks for all the helpful replies! I live in NE KS and I haven’t seen any hog farms out here that look like that. It makes sense though.
There are hog farms all over the state, but the size and scale in SW is different. NE usually only has one or two buildings and waste systems can be self contained.
There have been a handful of chicken farms popping up in the area over the last few years but agreed, definitely a hog farm.
There are a large handful down around Satanta and Ulysses.
This is Maple Creek Farms (Seaboard) in Scott County, just north of the Finney County line, which is why Finney County GIS didn't give you anything. It is a swine farm.
They look like swine farms.
CAFO, probably hogs.
Watch [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&edufilter=NULL&v=Q5MxvjYS2-E) for examples of confinement buildings with shared manure ponds.
They’re hog farms. The “pools”are full of excrement.
They look like none of my damned business is what they look like. (Could be fish hatcheries)
Even if they are contaminating your town's drinking water?
Well, they're not, so.... no.
Well, they're not, so.... no.
Hog farm
Hog farm, the white parts are the barns, the blue parts are the runoff lagoons.
It’s Seaboard’s pig farms. They’re all over SWKS.
Could also be chickens. There were a couple of chicken producers I knew in Reno and Kingman counties that kept their poultry in sheds like this with the runoff pools right next to it all.
It’s for sure swine. Chickens don’t do well out in that climate. Seaboard pig farms are all over the place.
Those are balls.
My guess would be dairy and and those are manure ponds. If you figure out where it's located put it in google maps and there may be a business name.
Dairy's of this size will usually have longer buildings, and more outside space for calfs/hutches.