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Critics Call the Poultry Farming System Rigged. Craig Watts Is Fighting to Overturn It.
As Watts’ legal battle drags on, the Trump administration moves to delay a Biden-era rule designed to reform how farmers get paid.
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North Carolina Created Complaint Systems for Its Factory Farms. They Don’t Work Very Well.
The state has only 14 inspectors for thousands of hog, poultry and cattle farms known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.
Climate•11 min read
Investigation
EPA Weighs N.C. Environmental Harms From Sewage Sludge Used as Fertilizer
“Off spec” liquid from Winston Weaver fertilizer fire that was applied on a nearby farm field contained toxic PFAS.
Climate•11 min read
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