by Jen Kendrick | Feb 12, 2020 | NCPC News, Pork Industry News
RALEIGH – Jim Lynch and Lorenda Overman, both from Goldsboro, were elected this week to lead the North Carolina Pork Council board of directors as president and vice president, respectively. Jim Lynch of Goldsboro has been elected president. Lynch has been on the...
by Jen Kendrick | Jan 30, 2020 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases, NCPC News, Pork Industry News
Statement from the NC Pork Council on the appeals to be heard in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 31, 2020: All of agriculture in North Carolina is rightly alarmed by what transpired in the unfair trials brought against our farms. Make no mistake: These cases...
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 Jen Kendrick | Mar 29, 2018 | NCPC News, Pork Industry News
RALEIGH – A renewable energy project in Duplin County is using swine-derived biogas to become the first in North Carolina to create natural gas that is used by local utility companies. The project, Optima KV, pipes methane gas from five local hog farms to a central...
by Jen Kendrick | Feb 8, 2018 | NCPC News, Pork Industry News
RALEIGH – Brandon Warren of Clinton has been elected president of the North Carolina Pork Council Board of Directors. Warren has served on the N.C. Pork Council board since 2010 and served as vice president last year. Warren’s multi-generational family farm includes...
