UPDATE: Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, at 4:30 p.m.
Surveying by regulators and the North Carolina pork industry continues to indicate that impacts to or from pig farms in North Carolina from Hurricane Dorian has been limited.
There are no reports …
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N.C. Pork Council: Limited farm impacts from severe Hurricane Dorian
UPDATE: 10:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, 2019
North Carolina hog farms did not have significant impacts from severe Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall today in North Carolina.
Farm anaerobic treatment lagoons, which are used to manage manure in protection of …
N.C. Pork Council: No significant farm impacts from severe Hurricane Dorian
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.…
Hurricanes spawn storms of misinformation
An Associated Press article published in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian begins like this: “The names of hurricanes may change, but one thing seems to stay the same: Misinformation spreads quickly…”
We cannot agree more. The pork industry …
STATEMENT BY NORTH CAROLINA PORK COUNCIL ON APPROACHING HURRICANE DORIAN
The North Carolina pork industry is prepared for the approach of Hurricane Dorian and is ready to respond as necessary to protect human health, animals and the environment. Surveying by the North Carolina Pork Council indicates that anaerobic treatment lagoons …