Sides agree on lawyer fees in hog farm case by The Associated Press 09:02 AM, Monday, August 17 2015 | 1712 views | 0 | 0 | | LITTLE ROCK — Two federal agencies have agreed with attorneys for environmental groups on a proposed settlement for attorney fees in a lawsuit over a hog farm near the Buffalo National River. […]
Arkansasonline My Buffalo hangup So Mike, why are you so hung up on our state issuing a general permit for that mega-waste-generating hog factory in the Buffalo River watershed at Mount Judea, one reader recently asked. It deserves a response. As one who enjoys pork chops, pork rinds and barbecued […]
Arkansasonline Alliance filing says hog farm violates permit E. coli, nitrate levels cited By Emily Walkenhorst This article was published today at 2:38 a.m The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance has filed a formal complaint with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, alleging that C&H Hog Farms in Mount Judea has violated […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Report ‘hogwash’ By Mike Masterson Posted: August 11, 2015 at 3:28 a.m. The two federal agencies, ordered last December by a federal judge to assess potential environmental damages from the waste produced by C&H Hog Farms in the Buffalo National River watershed, have released their draft report. Their […]
Arkansasonline No flies on that! by Mike Masterson I appreciate it when readers respond to my opinions. It matters not to me should they agree or disagree (poetic, eh?). I’m always pleased they took their valuable time to read and reflect upon their feelings. Following a recent column in which […]
Arkansasonline 2 agencies’ 2nd look: Hog farm no big risk By Emily Walkenhorst Two federal agencies issued a draft environmental assessment Thursday for C&H Hog Farms in Mount Judea that comes to the same conclusion as a tossed-out 2012 study: The farm is not likely to have a significant detrimental […]
North Arkansas Democrat Gazette Intentionally ignored by Mike Masterson Some of you will recall how the whole controversy over our state’s wrongheaded permitting of C&H Hog Farms in our treasured Buffalo National River watershed arose when the National Park Service (official stewards of that river) complained loudly and publicly that […]
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 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 […]
Inside the world’s largest food producer you’ve probably never heard of This NPR report describes JBS, the Brazilian company which is purchasing Cargill Pork.
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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 […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
NWA Online Hog-farm rule for watershed given hearing Proposal rewritten to allow legislators to revisit it in ’20 By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: July 7, 2015 at 4:45 a.m. 11 A joint meeting of the Legislature’s Public Health, Welfare and Labor committees reviewed with no objection Monday a proposal to ban new […]
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 […]
Arkansas Online Business news in brief This article was published today at 2:04 a.m State pork units part of $1.45B JBS sale JBS USA Pork has agreed to purchase Cargill’s U.S.-based pork business for $1.45 billion, an acquisition that includes a feed mill and two hog farms in Arkansas. Martin […]
Cargill selling pork unit to JBS USA Pork The business will be sold to JBS USA Pork for $1.45 billion. n By Mike Hughlett Star Tribune nn JULY 1, 2015 — 8:32PMn RICHARD TSONG-TAATARIIBrazilian meat giant JBS USA Pork is buying Cargill’s pork business for $1.45 billion, which includes four hog farms. One, […]
On the Buffalo Extend that ban By Mike Masterson This article was published June 30, 2015 at 3:13 a.m. Now comes an amended proposal from Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas environmental groups that would turn a ban on all future medium and large hog factories in the Buffalo National River into […]