Monthly Archives: July 2015


Want not waste – Democrat Gazette

Want not waste Questions still surround hog farm By Ginny Masullo and Lin Wellford,  Special to the Democrat-Gazette   Recently, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality opened yet another public-comment period concerning the latest modification request for the Cargill-contracted confined animal feeding operation, C&H Hog Farms in Mount Judea. This […]


Waiting to be vaporized By Mike Masterson

Waiting to be vaporized By Mike Masterson Arkansasonline Posted: July 18, 2015 at 3:37 a.m. The hype surrounding vaporized hog waste in the Cargill-supplied C&H Hog Farms (it’s a factory) in the Buffalo National River watershed has lots of folks waiting and watching for the Plasma Energy Group of Florida to […]


Testing of vaporized hog waste to begin – Democrat Gazette

Arkansas Online Testing of vaporized hog waste to begin By Emily Walkenhorst This article was published today at 5:30 a.m. Florida-based Plasma Energy Group plans to test new vaporizing technology on hog waste produced at Sandy River Farm in Conway County this month in hopes of eventually using the technology at […]


JBS To Keep 5,100 Cargill employees – newton County Times

 Newton County Times JBS USA Pork agrees to purchase Cargill Pork business   Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 12:00 pm 0 comments JBS USA Pork has entered into an agreement with Cargill to acquire the company’s U.S.-based pork business for $1.45 billion. Completion of the acquisition is subject to regulatory review and […]


Bacon Is About to Get More Expensive- Mother Jones

Mother Jones Magazine Bacon Is About to Get More Expensive —By Tom Philpott | Wed Jul. 8, 2015 6:00 AM EDT While Americans celebrated Independence Day last weekend, the meat industry was partaking of another time-tested tradition: concentration. That’s the economists’ term for when one big company buys another, resulting in […]


Cargill selling off By Mike Masterson

Cargill selling off By Mike Masterson Posted: July 7, 2015 at 2:57 a.m. Well, slice my pork chops thick and fry my bacon crispy, a Brazilian-based protein producer has agreed to purchase Cargill’s U.S.-based pork business for $1.45 billion. The news story appeared in the paper late last week. And yes, […]


Why did JBS Purchase Cargill? – The Pig Site

The Pig Site CME: Why did JBS Purchase Cargill? 03 July 2015 US – Cargill and JBS USA decided to launch some fireworks this week when they announced that JBS would buy Cargill’s pork business, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. This was a very well-kept secret as we have […]