RALEIGH — Known as a turkey and pork powerhouse, William (Bill) H. Prestage, founder of Prestage Farms and Prestage Foods, Inc., has died at age 87. He is survived by his wife, Marsha, his three […]
RALEIGH — The N.C. Farm Act of 2019-20 was signed into law by Gov. Roy Cooper in June, but provisions regarding hog farms in the bill were fielding criticism before it was signed. Angie Maier, […]
RALEIGH — A lawsuit filed in late June by environmentalist groups is seeking to have recent laws limiting nuisance lawsuits against farming operations declared unconstitutional. Rep. Jimmy Dixon (R-Duplin), senior chair of the House Agriculture […]
Duplin County — A rally in Duplin County brought out more than 1,000 supporters of the state’s farming industry, calling recent nuisance lawsuits an attack on their industry. The rally came as a group of […]
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