Source: KANSAS FARMER, 8/6/18

Nuisance lawsuits against hog farms in North Carolina threaten pork producers there and threaten producers of all commodities across the country, said speaker after speaker at a roundtable discussion Aug. 3 at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. The hearing featured more than 20 state and national agricultural leaders, including U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), chairman of the House Agriculture Committee; U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina); American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall and North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forrest.

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