Charlotte Observer2y
With little oversight, NC poultry farms raise 1 billion birds a year. Who pays the cost?
For many years, hog farming was North Carolina’s best-known industrial-scale agricultural sector. The state imposed a moratorium on new swine farms in 1997 following concerns about the ...
A Sampson County hog waste-to-energy project could benefit from Helene relief bill
In Turkey, a large warehouse is being converted into a facility to burn hog waste to generate electricity and renewable ...
Virginia Business29d
Smithfield to form new hog production company ahead of IPO
Smithfield Foods has inked a deal with VisionAg, an affiliate of North Carolina’s HD3 Farms, to start a new hog production business early next year as the meat producer gears up to go public, the ...
Animal Welfare Institute11y
In NC, Raising Pigs Right Means Keeping Up with the Joneses
In announcing the award on its website, Glynwood noted Jeremiah’s determination to get all NCNHGA farms Animal Welfare Approved and adds “Thanks to the collaborative model of NCNHGA and the hard work ...
Smithfield sells hogs to supplier HD3 Farms
The move offloads 28,000 pigs to newly established company VisionAg Hog Production, which will operate as an independent ...
Yahoo10d
North Carolina’s climate activists brace for Trump’s return
It’s now integrated, but with landfills, industrialized hog farms and a wood pellet plant that belie ... For environmental ...
Virginia Business11d
Smithfield Foods files for IPO
Listen to this article Virginia’s Smithfield Foods announced Monday it has filed a registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering. This is the ...