Max Armstrong looks at local North Carolina coverage of hog farms in the state that have been the target for Texas lawyers targeting Smithfield producers. The judgments against those farms happened even though the juries never visited the operations. Max shares that farmers in the industry run clean, safe operations.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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