by Jen Kendrick | Oct 14, 2016 | NCPC News
Statement From Deborah Johnson, CEO October 14, 2016 “As farmers deal with historic and life-threatening floods, the Waterkeeper Alliance has deliberately exaggerated the environmental impact posed by hog farms in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Here are the...
by Jen Kendrick | Oct 13, 2016 | NCPC News
Statement From Deborah Johnson, CEO October 13, 2016 Hog farms across Eastern North Carolina are continuing to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew and the extensive flooding brought by the storm. There are more than 2,100 permitted hog farms in North...
by Jen Kendrick | Oct 12, 2016 | NCPC News
Thousands of hog farmers and pork industry employees across Eastern North Carolina have been working around the clock to protect their farms, their animals and the environment from the extraordinary levels of rain and flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew. Hog farms...
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 | Dec 18, 2015 | NCPC News
Move Saves United States From Harmful Trade Retaliation From Canada, Mexico WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 18, 2015 – With today’s passage of a fiscal 2016 catch-all federal spending bill that includes repeal of the meat labeling provision of the U.S. Country of Origin...
