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  2. Litigation related to Smithfield Foods - Wikipedia

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    Before and during the trial, many residents of the area planted yard signs that read, "Stand for hog farmers." [1] [7] Farm trade groups and sympathetic politicians have openly complained that these suits endanger their industry. In 2018 North Carolina changed its right-to-farm law to further protect farmers from frivolous lawsuits. [8]

  3. Smithfield Foods - Wikipedia

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    In North Carolina, Smithfield's expansion mirrored hog farmers' decline; there were 667,000 hog farms there in 1980 and 67,000 in 2005. When the US government placed restrictions on the company, it moved into Eastern Europe. As a result, in Romania there were 477,030 hog farms in 2003 and 52,100 in 2007.

  4. Environmental impact of pig farming - Wikipedia

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    A typical waste lagoon in North Carolina. Many intensive pig farms store the swine waste in vats often referred to as lagoons. These lagoons often contain pathogens such as salmonella, pharmaceuticals like antibiotics and antimicrobials, as well as nitrogen and phosphorus.

  5. 400-pound monster feral boars invade North Carolina. What to ...

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    Talk about your porky pigs. Feral swine up to 400 pounds have invaded almost every county in North Carolina, and the state ranks No. 7 in the nation for the beastly boar, a study revealed Wednesday.

  6. Smithfield Hog Production Division - Wikipedia

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    In May 2023, the company closed 37 sow farms in Missouri. [8] [13] [14] In October 2023 the company shut down a pork plant in Charlotte, North Carolina. [15] In December 2023 Smithfield ended contracts with 26 hog farms in Utah citing oversupply. [15]

  7. US farmers turn to Airbnb, corn mazes to outlast agricultural ...

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    "You cannot survive as a family farm only farming," said Catherine Topel, 56, a North Carolina hog producer who hosts an Airbnb cabin and campsites through HipCamp.

  8. Helene shuts poultry plants, twists cotton crops in ... - AOL

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    Hurricane Helene shut at least two poultry plants in Georgia and North Carolina and twisted cotton crops in South Carolina in blows to U.S. food and fiber production, company and agriculture ...

  9. Concentrated animal feeding operation - Wikipedia

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    A CAFO is responsible for one of the biggest environmental spills in U.S. history. In 1995, a 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m 2) lagoon ruptured in North Carolina. North Carolina contains a lot of the United States' industrial hog operations, which disproportionally impact Black, Hispanic and Indian American residents. [18]

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