Record #:

4484

Author(s):

Gray, Tim

Abstract:

Wendell Murphy, owner of Rose Hill-based Murphy Family Farms, Inc., made hog farming big business in the state. His company was once the nation's top producer, valued at $750 million in 1997. However, overproduction caused prices to fall to the worse level since the Great Depression. Hog lagoon spills were headlined in the press. In 2000, Murphy sold his hog operation to Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Mar 2000, p28-37, il, por

Subject(s):

Murphy Family Farms, Inc. (Rose Hill)