The North Carolina Pork Council Board of Directors announced Roy Lee Lindsey of Oklahoma will become the next chief executive officer of the NC Pork Council. Lindsey has headed the Oklahoma Pork Council for more than 20 years. He will …
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Wayne County farmers take top leadership roles on NC Pork Council Board of Directors
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 …
Our faith rests with the appeals court
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 …
North Carolina’s pork industry remains an economic powerhouse
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 …
Showtime’s Legit BBQ wins second state championship
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 …
Swine-derived biogas becomes first N.C. native gas to be injected into natural gas pipeline
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 …
Clinton hog farmer elected president of the NC Pork Council Board of Directors
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 …
House Bill 467: A Statement from the N.C. Pork Council
There’s been much discussion about House Bill 467, a proposal to protect North Carolina farmers. This legislation has one narrow purpose: to clarify North Carolina law about what type of damages can be awarded in nuisance lawsuits.
In a pending …
President Trump celebrates National Agriculture Day
WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald J. Trump has issued a proclamation celebrating March 21, 2017 as National Agriculture Day. Click here to view the proclamation.
“America’s farmers and ranchers help feed the world, fuel our Nation’s economy, and lead global …
NC hog farms on cutting edge of animal care, sustainability
I didn’t grow up on a farm. But since discovering my love for agriculture in college, I have spent the past 40 years raising hogs. I worked on farms around the world – from southwest Kansas to Singapore – before …