by Jen Kendrick | Apr 19, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
The Award for Excellence in Innovation was created to honor and recognize individuals or institutions for progress in the pork industry through innovative techniques, applications and/or action that include but are not limited to environmental stewardship,...
by Jen Kendrick | Mar 27, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
The North Carolina Outstanding Pork Producer of the Year award recognizes a pork producer or family who has made significant contributions to the pork industry in North Carolina. Joey Carter of Duplin County embodies and exemplifies what we mean when we say, “We...
by Jen Kendrick | Mar 26, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
The North Carolina Pork Council’s Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed by the organization, one reserved for outstanding lifetime achievement and contributions to the industry. This year’s recipient, Jim Stocker, has indeed had a lifetime of outstanding...
by Jen Kendrick | Mar 8, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases, NCPC News
We are again disappointed that honorable North Carolina pig farmers like Joey Carter, who lawfully operate in a highly regulated industry, can be deemed a nuisance. We are equally concerned about the long-term impact that these...
by Bra5c0 | Mar 7, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
In the closing moments of the nuisance trial this week, the Texas lawyer tried to persuade the jury that his ongoing attack in the courtroom, while seeking piles of money, isn’t about modern agriculture. That it’s not about pining for “the old days” – days when...
by Jen Kendrick | Mar 6, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases, NCPC News
A judgment stemming from a $50 million verdict must be overturned, farm groups told a federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., yesterday. Earlier last year, juries in three separate trials in Raleigh, N.C., awarded punitive damages of more than $500 million to...
