Insights and Stories on North Carolina

Dorian swept swimming cows two miles to North Carolina beach

Nov. 14, 2019 at 6:03 pm CST

Cape Lookout National Seashore, N.C. | Reuters — Three cows have been spotted beachcombing on a remote barrier island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, swept to an unlikely grazing spot when Hurricane Dorian whipped waves powerful enough to carry them two miles from their home. One of the bovine bodysurfers […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures widely mixed on spreading

Sep. 20, 2018 at 7:01 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures near three-month high

Sep. 19, 2018 at 7:11 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

Sep. 19, 2018 at 12:41 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop as large pork plants in Florence’s path

Sep. 11, 2018 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. farmers rush to clear crops but animals stay in Florence’s path

Sep. 11, 2018 at 4:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — As powerful Hurricane Florence advanced toward the southeastern U.S., farmers in North Carolina rushed to harvest corn and tobacco and stock up on pig rations, while the danger of sustained rain and deadly flooding threatened a state where millions of farm animals are housed. “The governor […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

Oct. 12, 2016 at 8:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Flooding from Hurricane Matthew has killed up to five million poultry birds in North Carolina, most of them chickens, the state’s top environmental official said Wednesday. Donald van der Vaart, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, also told Reuters that some pits that […]

By Tom Polansek

Smithfield to shutter major hog plant against Matthew

Oct. 7, 2016 at 2:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Smithfield Foods will shutter its hog processing facility, the world’s largest, on Saturday to protect employees in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew, industry sources said on Friday, as farmers braced for the storm’s potential lashing. Matthew has fueled concerns about the safety of livestock and farm […]

By Theopolis Waters Tom Polansek

U.S. farmers race to ready for Hurricane Matthew’s blast

Oct. 6, 2016 at 7:37 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, roiled commodities markets and forced companies from cane refiners to orange juice makers to shutter as it whipped its way toward the southeastern U.S. on Thursday. Southeastern companies were closing down operations ahead of a […]

By Chris Prentice