A little Background on Hog Farming in North Carolina.

Hog farming in North Carolina is around a $1 million business.  This makes the state the second largest producer of hogs in the United States.  There are more pigs than people in the state.  Approximately 9.5 million tons of hog waste is produced by these farms a year! The hog farming industry started to boom in the 1980's and took off rapidly in the 1990's.