Embattled Buffalo River Factory Hog Farm to Close

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich,

Published June 14, 2019 at 2:22 PM CDT

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C&H Hog Farms co-owner Jason Henson poses in front of a half-filled hog sewage lagoon during a media tour of the newly built hog factory farm in 2013.

J. FROELICH

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced June 13 that an agreement had been reached between the state and operators of C&H Hog Farms to permanently close the industrial swine-breeding facility located on the Buffalo National River watershed in Newton County. The farmers will be paid $6.2 million dollars in compensation and a perpetual conservation easement will be placed on the farm site.