by Bra5c0 | Jun 1, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
The Texas lawyer leading the lawsuit against a division of Smithfield Foods is a master of the art of turning a fact on its head. When he gave his opening statement in the second nuisance trial, without a blink Michael Kaeske told the jury the neighborhood where the...
by Jen Kendrick | May 31, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
There is an astonishing story being told in a federal courtroom in Raleigh right now. It’s coming from a Texas lawyer named Michael Kaeske. He’s speaking to 12 jurors, trying to sell them on the notion that a hog farm in North Carolina is a legal nuisance – one that...
by Bra5c0 | Apr 26, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases, NCPC News
STATEMENT BY NORTH CAROLINA PORK COUNCIL ON VERDICT IN MCKIVER v. MURPHY-BROWN We’re greatly disappointed and saddened by the verdict. It’s an absolute shame the jury did not have the opportunity to personally visit the farm and was not allowed to hear all the...
by Jen Kendrick | Apr 19, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
Don Butler, a longtime Smithfield Foods executive who retired at the end of last year, played an integral role in the North Carolina pork industry for the past 26 years. He is a past president of the National Pork Producers Council and the NC Pork Council and past...
by Jen Kendrick | Apr 9, 2018 | Beyond Bacon
A favorite line of those who attack hog farms is that our farms trigger – are you ready for this? – asthma. It’s a claim that shows up quite a bit, most recently in a recent Rolling Stone article: Even people who live much farther away from hog farms can suffer from...
by Jen Kendrick | Apr 6, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
The purpose of the new W.W. Shay Award for Industry Distinction is to recognize and honor an individual who has exhibited outstanding service to the pork industry as an employee of a pork industry company. This award is named for William Warden Shay, who as the first...
