by Jen Kendrick | Dec 16, 2019 | NCPC News, Pork Industry News
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s hog and pork processing industry continues to be an economic powerhouse, generating more than $10 billion in economic output for the state, according to a new economic impact report prepared by NC State University. The report shows that the...
by Jen Kendrick | Sep 30, 2019 | NCPC News, Pork Industry News
Twenty-eight of the top whole hog barbecue cooks filled South Street in downtown Raleigh this weekend to compete for more than $7,000 in cash prizes and hope to be crowned the 2019 Whole Hog Barbecue State Champion. The cooks qualified to compete in the championship...
by Bra5c0 | Sep 9, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
UPDATE: Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. Surveying by regulators and the North Carolina pork industry continues to indicate that impacts to or from pig farms in North Carolina from Hurricane Dorian has been limited. There are no reports of a breach, structural...
by Bra5c0 | Sep 6, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
UPDATE: 10:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 North Carolina hog farms did not have significant impacts from severe Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall today in North Carolina. Farm anaerobic treatment lagoons, which are used to manage manure in protection of the...
by Bra5c0 | Sep 6, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
UPDATE: 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 There are no reports of significant impacts to North Carolina’s pork industry, which includes more than 2,000 farms, as a result of severe Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall in North Carolina this morning. Surveying by the...
by Jen Kendrick | Sep 1, 2019 | NCPC News
The North Carolina pork industry is prepared for the approach of Hurricane Dorian and is ready to respond as necessary to protect human health, animals and the environment. Surveying by the North Carolina Pork Council indicates that anaerobic treatment lagoons have...
