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 | Beyond Bacon
With Hurricane Dorian approaching the East Coast, the North Carolina Pork Council is sharing the following information adapted from a recent article published in The Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law at Florida State University (Volume 34, No. 2). In...
by Bra5c0 | Oct 10, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
Hurricane Florence was a historic storm that dumped more than eight trillion gallons of water on North Carolina over a four-day period. It caused an estimated $22 billion in damage and claimed more than 40 lives in our state. The storm has impacted every major...
by Jen Kendrick | Sep 19, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
Five days after Hurricane Florence struck North Carolina, most of our 2,100 hog farms are returning to normal operations. For a small portion of farms, logistical challenges amid record levels of flooding continue as hog farmers and partner production companies are...
by Bra5c0 | Sep 18, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
In North Carolina, we raise about 8.9 million pigs on 2,100 farms. Our farmers took extraordinary measures in advance of this storm, including moving thousands of animals out of harm’s way as the hurricane approached. The storm’s impact was felt deeply across a very...
