NWAonline Another hog factory Leaking waste By Mike Masterson Just when I thought our state’s politicized environmental protection agency made the biggest debacle of its checkered history by allowing C&H Hog Farms into our karst-laden Buffalo National River watershed, I learn the leaking Sanders Farm began operating in the watershed during […]
‘Limited impact’ seen near hog farm By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: November 27, 2017 at 1 a.m. NWAOnline Researchers in the University of Arkansas System say the stream next to C&H Hog Farms in Newton County has phosphorous and nitrogen levels akin to other similar streams in northern Arkansas. In a research […]
Environment notebook By Emily Walkenhorst ‘Limited impact’ seen near hog farm Researchers in the University of Arkansas System say the stream next to C&H Hog Farms in Newton County has phosphorous and nitrogen levels akin to other similar streams in northern Arkansas. In a research letter published this fall in Agricultural & […]
Agency draws 17 remarks on water Analysis of rivers, lakes reassessed By Emily Walkenhorst Concerns about the Buffalo River and available data figured prominently in comments submitted to the state’s environmental agency about its amended plan to assess water bodies. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is reworking the guidelines it […]
Arkansasonline Clean up act by January, hog farm told Manure runoff a concern at Buffalo watershed site By Emily Walkenhorst HARRISON — A 2,400-hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed must clean up the manure on its property within the next 60 days, a Boone County circuit judge has ordered. Sanders […]
Arkansasonline MASTERSON ONLINE: Not hog-wild on the river By Mike Masterson Posted: November 11, 2017 at 1:56 a.m. Owners of C&H Hog Farms with the Brazilian meat processor JBS are hoping our state’s Department of Environmental Quality (wheeze) will approve their request for yet another factory permit. Their proposed meat-growing plant […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 6, 2017 Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee Launches Website NORTH LITTLE ROCK —The Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee (BBRAC) announces the launch of its website on Monday, November 6, 2017. BBRAC created an independent website to share relevant information regarding the preservation of the Buffalo River as […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Bottomland site’s neighbors leery of C&H; owners’ proposal By Emily Walkenhorst JOHNSON COUNTY — The owners of C&H Hog Farms and the international corporation that supplies the operation’s swine are planning to apply for a permit to operate another farm, this one in a flood-prone area just south […]