Poultry farming

Top NC court will not take Burke County chicken cruelty case

North Carolina’s highest court will not consider an animal cruelty lawsuit targeting a Burke County chicken producer. The decision Friday allows lower court rulings to stand favoring Case Farms.

Tariffs impact on Thanksgiving day table

Tariffs have impacted some of the most common Thanksgiving dishes.

Katherine Zehnder

NC turkeys get luxury welcome in Washington ahead of Trump pardon

The two turkeys, officially named “Gobble” and “Waddle,” were raised in Nahunta, North Carolina.

CJ Staff, Donna King

Winning defendant asks top NC court to reject chicken cruelty case

A Burke County chicken producer targeted in a recent animal cruelty lawsuit is urging the North Carolina Supreme Court to reject the case. Lower courts have ruled in favor of the producer, Case Farms, and against the activist group Legal Impact for Chickens.

NC Appeals Court rules for chicken producer in animal cruelty dispute

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a chicken production operation and against animal activists in a dispute over state animal cruelty rules. The unanimous opinion Wednesday from a three-judge Appeals Court panel affirmed a trial judge’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit from a group called Legal Impact for Chickens.

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NC Appeals Court tackles animal cruelty lawsuit targeting poultry operation

North Carolina’s second-highest court wrestled Tuesday with a lawsuit targeting a Burke County poultry operation for alleged violations of the state’s animal cruelty law. Defendant Case Farms argues that an exemption in state law protects its operations from the suit.

Poultry communities lose trust in media funded by donors

Previously, we featured some of North Carolina’s eyepopping ag economy statistics and offered, “It’s not hard to see why rural North Carolinians register massive favorability numbers for the farmers in their area.” So what happens when a big city paper airdrops into ag country to stir the pot? Nothing good. *** First, a reminder of...

Farm communities know the value of poultry farmers

North Carolina’s tech industry gets a lot of visibility, and understandably so. According to NC TECH’s 2023 report, the industry “supports $72 billion in wages across the N.C. economy” and employs 291,000 people. But the agriculture sector far surpasses tech in North Carolina. Just last month, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced the industry reached $103.2...

Poultry communities support poultry farmers

Poultry farmers are an important part of their communities. Some have been raising chickens there for generations. But McClatchy’s big-city papers ran a series of stories in December attacking North Carolina’s poultry industry. The papers did so using secretive donations from a mysterious climate activist organization called One Earth Fund. Google’s Data-Driven Reporting Project (unknowingly?)...

Why is the price of eggs soaring?

The soaring price of eggs grabbed the attention of frugal restaurant owners when prices begin escalating early last year. But in recent months ordinary consumers started complaining about the price of eggs outpacing a gallon of gas. The average cost of a dozen eggs in North Carolina was $1.72 in 2021, today prices hover around...

Algenon Cash

Big-city newspapers mount assault on North Carolina’s poultry industry

Last month, The Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News and Observer launched a full-frontal assault on North Carolina’s booming poultry industry. The coordinated reporting from the papers charged that the industry is “cloaked in secrecy,” even as the Charlotte and Raleigh newspapers themselves decline to share much detail about the special interests that funded the hit...