After withstanding a decline in hog prices which led to loss of revenue for parent company WH Group, Virginia based Smithfield has significantly reduced its hand in the “hog farming” category to focus on packaged […]
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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