STOP THE HOGS: Conservation groups say they will sue to stop a hog farm at this site in Buffalo River watershed. See slideshow on the subject here.

A coalition of conservation groups announced plans today to file a lawsuit over Agriculture Department approval of a major hog feeding operation at the C&H Hog Farm at Mount Judea near a creek that flows six miles away into the Buffalo National River.

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Find the news release on the jump.

The Arkansas Farm Bureau arranged an outing for media to the farm today. The Arkansas Times wasn’t provided a notice. We got a belated invite not long before the event was to begin. Some hogs are reportedly already on the property, but nowhere near the 6,500 eventually planned to supply agri giant Cargill.

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