Addendum issued for Big Creek first quarterly report Newton County Times Posted: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 11:00 am FAYETTEVILLE The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s Big Creek Research and Extension Team has issued an addendum to the first quarterly report on its study of a hog farm in the Buffalo […]
The Big Creek Research & Extension Team’s seminar on its study of the hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed has been rescheduled for 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 11. The seminar will be held in the Hembree Auditorium of the Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences building on the University of Arkansas […]
Is it profiling?By Mike MastersonPosted: March 4, 2014 at 2:26 a.m. Questions for candidatesIn the ongoing campaign for governor between Republican Asa Hutchinson and Democrat Mike Ross, I believe each candidate during their statewide campaign stops should be asked some simple yet hardball questions about the state’s wrongheaded permitting of […]
http://www.arkansasonline.com/ Hog farm foes: Map flawed, redo permitBy Ryan McGeeneyPosted: February 21, 2014 at 5:24 a.m. A coalition of environmentalists and lawyers is asking the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to reopen the permitting process for a Newton County hog farm because of discrepancies in the farm’s original permit application. […]
A bipartisan plea By Mike MastersonThis article was published today at 3:07 a.m. Arkansas Democrat Gazette You likely haven’t read the bipartisan op-ed co-bylined by former U.S. Reps. Ed Bethune, a Republican, and Democrat Vic Snyder. They spell out the obvious need for our state to revoke the permit for the […]
Arkansas Times Errors in Mt. Judea farm’s permit draw criticism But no manure spread in wrong area, ADEQ says. BY David Ramsey nn ON February 20, 2014 C&H Hog Farm, located in the Buffalo National River watershed and the first facility in the state to get a concentrated animal feeding operation […]
Errors in Mt. Judea farm’s permit draw criticismBut no manure spread in wrong area, ADEQ says.nby David Ramsey C&H Hog Farm, located in the Buffalo National River watershed and the first facility in the state to get a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) permit, continues to stir controversy amid fears from […]
Renew moratorium By Mike Masterson Posted: February 18, 2014 at 2:34 a.m. I’ve happened across a copy of our state’s 1992 moratorium that forbade discharging animal waste into the watershed of the Buffalo National River. The document makes for interesting reading and leaves me wondering just what about preserving […]
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/198266-pig-farm-threatens-buffalo-river Pig farm threatens Buffalo River By Former Reps. Ed Bethune (R-Ark.) and Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) – 02/12/14 06:03 PM EST In 1972, something miraculous happened in Congress undefined at least by today’s standards. A Republican, working with Democratic colleagues, passed legislation that was then signed by a Republican president. The […]
http://www.thenation.com/article/168913/whose-side-american-farm-bureau# Whose Side Is the American Farm Bureau On?nn The answer: Big Ag.n Just ask the family farmers who dared to protest an industrial hog farm in Missouri. Ian T. Shearn July 16, 2012 Produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network. The American Farm Bureau, […]
“Rethink that Permit ” byMike Masterson In the Northwest Arkansas Times February 16, 2014 The unbelievable saga of the Cargill-sponsored hog factory our state wrongheadedly permitted in the Buffalo National River watershed just became more twisted where reason and common sense are concerned. (As if that were possible.) Now we […]
http://m.arktimes.com/arkansas/blogs/Post?basename=state-testing-wrong-fields-near-hog-farm-opponents-of-operation-say&day=12&id=ArkansasBlog&month=02&year=2014 State testing wrong fields near hog farm, opponents of operation say Posted by Max Brantley on Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:36 AM WRONG WAY: Opponents say environmental testing is being done of land that isn’t receiving waste from C and H hog feeder operation.WRONG WAY: Opponents say environmental […]
It’s the Location Democrat-Gazette-February 11, 2014 I’ve got to smile whenever I read how some lobbyists and others with special-interest agendas try to make it seem in news stories as if public opposition (including my own) to the hog factory placed in the precious Buffalo National River watershed, when […]
ADEQ notified C&H yesterday of a necessary permit modification with a new notice of intent and nutrient management plan. This will be a major modification requiring a public notice on ADEQ’s website with a 30-day comment period. We will post when public notice has been made and comment period is open. Access […]
JUDGE FILES SCHEDULE IN HOG FARM SUIT By Ryan McGeeney Posted: February 9, 2014 at 1:41 a.m. A lawsuit seeking a new environmental assessment of the possible effect of a Newton County hog farm on its natural surroundings has moved one step closer to resolution. Judge D.P. Marshall Jr., a federal […]
ADEQ has made a 2nd inspection report for C&H. Below is an edited version. To see entire inspection go to “Documents & Videos” and “ADEQ Compliance Inspection #2” January 28, 2014 Mr. Jason Henson, Owner C&H Hog Farms HC 72 Box 10 Mount Judea, AR 72655 RE: Compliance Inspection/Complain […]
Brahana TalksMike Masterson- Democrat-Gazette, January 28, 2014 Former UA geoscience professor John Van Brahana last week addressed the state Pollution Control and Ecology Commission about the need to protect the Buffalo National River’s watershed. This political body oversees the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (cough). Brahana has invested large amounts […]
Eureka Springs Independentn Exploring Cargill statementESI StaffWednesday, January 22, 2014 Editor,In response to Mike Martin, Cargill director of communications, [Jan. 8 Independent].I have searched ADEQ’s website and other documents finding that in 1992 Randy Young, executive director of Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, initiated a study of confined animal […]
Hog issue complex?By Mike MastersonPosted: January 21, 2014 at 2:45 a.m. Two avid supporters of the Buffalo National River in Newton County recently sent their concerns to state legislators. They asked the representatives to do everything possible to prevent the potential pollution of the treasured stream by C&H Hog Farms. […]