Here are reports from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to the General Assembly about animal operations for the past decade.
These document 24,551 inspections on permitted farms in the time period covered.
Additionally, these document complaints that inspectors acted upon.
Animal Compliance Rpt FY 08-09
Animal Compliance Rpt FY 09-10
Animal Compliance Rpt FY 2010-11
Animal Compliance Rpt FY 2011-12
Animal Compliance Rpt FY 2012-13
Animal Compliance Rpt FY 2013-14
Animal Compliance Rpt FY 2014-15
Animal Compliance Rpt FY 2015-16