by Jen Kendrick | Mar 26, 2019 | NCPC News
RALEIGH – Six North Carolina hog farmers – and one allied company – were honored at an awards luncheon on Thursday, Mar. 21, at the annual N.C. Pork Conference. Jim Stocker of Kenansville was inducted into the N.C. Pork Council Hall of Fame for a career that helped...
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 Jen Kendrick | Mar 7, 2019 | NCPC News
The National Pork Board honored Dr. William “Billy” Flowers with its Distinguished Service Award during the National Pork Industry Forum in Orlando. Flowers is an animal science professor at North Carolina State University. Each year the award is presented at the U.S....
by Jen Kendrick | Mar 7, 2019 | NCPC News
Recipients recognized as leaders of the next generation of American pig farmers ORLANDO, FLORIDA – The National Pork Board announced today that Bailee Arnold from North Carolina, Ben Luebbering from Missouri and Ben Wikner from Iowa have been named the 2019 Pig...
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...
by Jen Kendrick | Dec 13, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases, NCPC News
We have been concerned, from the very beginning, about the way these cases were tried and the threat they pose to our industry. It is gratifying to have a judge rule, as a matter of law, that Murphy-Brown is not willfully harming its...
