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 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 6, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
It is difficult to find the right words to describe what was happening Tuesday as the Texas lawyer stood before a jury in Raleigh at the close of the fifth nuisance hog farm trial and pleaded for tens of millions of dollars – piles of money for himself and 10...
by Bra5c0 | Jul 20, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
The third hog farm nuisance trial, now underway in Raleigh, sure is confusing – especially about odor and what the plaintiffs are saying about its source. First, a bit of background. The lawsuit now being advanced in court by the Texas lawyer was originally against...
by Bra5c0 | Jun 25, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
The Texas lawyer closed his side of the nuisance case against the Joey Carter hog farm in Duplin County with a stunning argument. In his first moments with the jury, and then again in the final ones, he sought to make them comfortable with easily taking money from...