by Jen Kendrick | Sep 2, 2016 | NCPC News
MOUNT OLIVE – The NC Pork Council has pledged $125,000 to the University of Mount Olive. The money will be used to establish the NC Pork Council Scholarship Endowment. “We are so appreciative of the NC Pork Council Board of Directors for their decision to...
by Jen Kendrick | Aug 22, 2016 | NCPC News, Pork Industry News
I didn’t grow up on a farm. But since discovering my love for agriculture in college, I have spent the past 40 years raising hogs. I worked on farms around the world – from southwest Kansas to Singapore – before finally moving with my family to Goldsboro, where my...
by Jen Kendrick | Apr 27, 2016 | Pork Industry News
Moultrie, Ga.—Danny Kornegay, a diversified farmer from Princeton, North Carolina, has been selected as the overall winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award for 2015. Kornegay was named as the overall winner during the Willie B....
by Jen Kendrick | Apr 27, 2016 | Pork Industry News
Donnie and Alease Williams were named the 2016 North Carolina Small Farmers of the Year by the Cooperative Extension Program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University during ceremonies in March on the campus. The couple and their D&A Farm were...
by Jen Kendrick | Mar 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
The National Pork Producers Council, today at its annual business meeting, the National Pork Industry Forum, in Indianapolis, awarded scholarships to five college students who intend to pursue careers in the pork industry. The 2016 winners of the $2,500 Lois Britt...
