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Pork Processing Slowed, But Farmers Largely Spared from Euthanizing Pigs

Hog farmers say diets for their animals can be altered to prevent them from bulking up too much if they have to stay in barns longer than planned. (Photo by Amy Mayer, Harvest Public Media)
Hog farmers say diets for their animals can be altered to prevent them from bulking up too much if they have to stay in barns longer than planned. (Photo by Amy Mayer, Harvest Public Media)

Pork processing fell nearly 40% following temporary closures at meatpacking plants across the Midwest last month. That’s created a backlog of market ready hogs. But, as Harvest Public Media’s Amy Mayer reports, the scope of the problem isn’t as dramatic as some had feared.


Harvest Public Media is a reporting collaboration focused on agricultural and rural issues throughout the Midwest. Find more at harvestpublicmedia.org