With a new hurricane season upon us, here are five things to know about hog farms and hurricanes
As the Associated Press noted in a 2019 article, hurricanes often spawn storms of misinformation. Indeed, North Carolina’s pork industry has …
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Pig farms see little to no impacts from Hurricane Isaias
Hurricane Isaias made landfall in North Carolina on Monday night and traveled directly through the state’s major pork producing counties. Despite heavy rains, initial reports indicate that no pig farms experienced any significant issues.
There are no reports of impacts …
Reports from NC DEQ to General Assembly on animal operations
Here are reports from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to the General Assembly about animal operations for the past decade.
These document 24,551 inspections on permitted farms in the time period covered.
Additionally, these document complaints that inspectors acted …
Surveys, reports continue to show limited impacts from Hurricane Dorian
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 …
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.…
Great strides in hurricane preparation, response
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). …
Hurricane Florence’s Impact on NC Hog Farms
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 …
Florence update – Sept. 19 at 4 p.m.
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 …
Statement – Sept. 18 at 9:30 p.m.
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 …