Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 7/16/18


I’m a farmer. And I raise hogs. I read “A rally can’t mask the hog industry’s real stink in NC” (July 13) about the 'nuisance’ trials in Raleigh, and I’d like to offer a farmer’s perspective. Ned Barnett didn’t have a kind word to say about either farmers or Republicans – he views nuisance lawsuits that put farmers out of business as a virtue and views Republicans who disagree as wrong. But are farmers the villains he describes? Let’s step back and examine a couple of facts.

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