Arkansas Democrat Gazette – 12/28/13nn Deadly pig virus spreading in U.S. By Tina Parker A virus responsible for killing a large portion of the nation’s pig herd is accelerating, experts said Friday. The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, known as PEDV, is a highly contagious corona virus that causes diarrhea, nausea […]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/28/us/2500-pigs-join-debate-over-farms-vs-scenery.html?_r=1& By John Eligon MOUNT JUDEA, Ark. Anita Hudson’s moment of realization came early this year when she saw cement trucks whizzing past her home in this blip of an Ozark town. For Sam Dye, it was when an employee at the school where he once was principal pointed out […]

2,500 Pigs Join Debate Over Farms vs. Scenery – NYTimes.com.pdf MOUNT JUDEA, Ark. undefined Anita Hudson’s moment of realization came early this year when she saw cement trucks whizzing past her home in this blip of an Ozark town. For Sam Dye, it was when an employee at the school […]

Hog suit roots onOn the river By Mike Masterson Posted: December 22, 2013 at 2:25 a.m.   Since many who love the Buffalo National River might be wondering on this Sunday before Christmas (when visions of spiral-sliced ham could be dancing in so many heads), I can report there is […]

http://www.southerntrout.com/blog/buffalo-river-threatened/ Buffalo River Threatened Posted on November 18, 2013 Last month the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance hosted a seven-city, educational Whistle-Stop Speaking Tour in Arkansas featuring experts from Waterkeeper® Alliance. The tour began in Fayetteville and ended in Little Rock. Other cities included in this educational tour include Harrison, Eureka […]

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Environment / Health Hog farms linked to infectionsnn Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:15 AM click to enlarge PROBLEM NEIGHBORS: Infection risk higher near hog farms, new research says. Still more news of interest in Arkansas from USA Today: Living near a hog farm or a […]

Arkansas Blog                          nn Thursday, November 14, 2013 Environment State can’t issue moratorium on hog farm permit Posted by Max Brantley on Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:32 PM Attorney General Dustin McDaniel issued an opinion today, requested by Rep. David Branscum, that the director of  the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality may […]

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Farm Bill CouldnHide Farm Locations From Public WASHINGTON November 7, 2013 (AP) By MARY CLARE JALONICK AssociatednPress Share 10 Share on email 1nComments Parts of the nation’sn$500 billion farm bill that Congress is considering would prohibit thengovernment from disclosing some information about farmers or their employees,npossibly preventing people from learning […]

[See the second half f the following story] That ‘Bebee’ blunder Mike Masterson This unanticipated “ouchie” literally did leave a mark the other day at the unveiling of that magnificent, 15,000-pound sandstone monument leading to the new U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith. Although the mistake has been repaired, the […]

Be a Good Steward of the Land, Air and WaterA response to Jerry McMasters’ Arkansas Pork Producers: Anyone concerned about water and air quality does not locate a hog production facility that produces two million gallons of untreated hog sewage waste to be spread on fields next to a major […]

n [NOTE: See the News posting “Give Pork’s Flak Man a Bonus – Mike Masterson” to read the response to The Jerry Masters Op-Ed included in this article] http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/10/25/pork-producers-suggest-more-danger-to-buffalo-river-from-people-than-pigs n n Pork producers suggest more danger to Buffalo River from people than pigsPosted by Max Brantley on Fri, Oct 25, 2013 […]

http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/latest/Activists-speak-against-Ark-pork-operation-230701351.htmln n Activists speak against Ark. pork operationJoAnn Alumbaugh, Editor, Pork Network | Updated: 11/05/2013 According to an article in the Arkansas Dem-Gazette, two activists spoke to an audience in Little Rock, Ark., last week claiming large livestock farms have damaged rivers, fish and ecology-based tourism in North Carolina.The meeting was […]

[NOTE: See the News posting “Pork producers suggest more danger to Buffalo River from people than pigs” to read the Jerry Masters’ Op-Ed referred to in this article.] http://mikemastersonsmessenger.com   I don’t know how much Jerry Masters is compensated as executive vice president of the politically active Arkansas Pork Producers Association, […]

http://www.baxterbulletin.com/article/20131031/NEWS01/310310017/Hog-farm-protestors-describe-hazards-factory-farms-along-Buffalo-River From the Baxter County Bulletin, October 30,2013n

Hog factories a major threat to areaBecky GilletteWednesday, October 30, 2013 Halloween horror came early to Eureka Springs Monday when representatives from the Waterkeeper Alliance from North Carolina came to give personal reports backed up by photographic evidence of the devastating impacts from the production of eight to ten million […]

Harrison Daily Times Warning: hogs worse than smell; Hammerschmidt pushed to protect Buffalo National River  Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2013 1:45 amnn By DWAIN LAIR [email protected]   Retired Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt encouraged a group of about 50 people Tuesday night to press on and spread the word that the […]

Publication:Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; Date:Oct 22, 2013; Section:Arkansas; Page Number:7 New take on water repealedLaw said to clash with federal actRYAN MCGEENEY ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE After months of revising existing water regulations to comply with new state water-quality standards, staff members at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality must now revert to the […]

From Arkansas Times (read comments)n http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/10/25/pork-producers-suggest-more-danger-to-buffalo-river-from-people-than-pigs Pork producers suggest more danger to Buffalo River from people than pigsPosted by Max Brantley on Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 1:35 PM  CAUTION: People use the Buffalo River and they’re more damaging than pigs, the Arkansas Pork Producers say. The campaign against a […]