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The “Smithfield Agreement:” What Does It Say?

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In July, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and North Carolina Attorney General Mike Easley announced that they had reached an agreement for phasing out open-air hog lagoons and spray fields in North Carolina. Smithfield will pay $15 million to North Carolina State University to develop environmentally superior waste disposal technologies within two years. Some details of the agreement are provided in this article.