Arkansasonline Squealin’ over hog factory By Mike Masterson Gordon Watkins of Parthenon likely isn’t a happy camper after poring over environmental watchdog data gathered by the University of Arkansas. As president of the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, he’s filed a formal complaint with Becky Keogh, the director of our […]
Bloomberg News The EPA Doesn’t Know How to Deal With 300 Million Tons of Animal Poop The EPA delays promised rules to control the waste Mark Drajem August 20, 2015 — 10:00 AM CDT Share on FaShare on Twitter Don’t Miss Out — Follow Bloomberg On Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Rene […]
Arkansasonline 5-year hog-farm ban passes legislative test It goes to commission for final say By Emily Walkenhorst This article was published today at 4:05 a.m. Updated today at 4:05 a.m. A proposed five-year ban on new medium and large hog farms in the Buffalo National River watershed cleared its […]
North Carolina Health News Clock Ticking as EPA Prepares Response Over Hog Pollution AUGUST 18, 2015 by EDITOR in ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, FEATURED, PUBLIC HEALTH,RURAL HEALTH with 0 COMMENTS Environmentalists want to clean up North Carolina’s hog farms. To do so, they’re calling on the federal government, which could withhold state funds. By Gabe Rivin The EPA’s 180 days […]
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 […]