Fri.May 15, 2020

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Already Hurt by Tariffs, Pork Producers Get Guidance During COVID-19 Crunch

Vanguard

Friday, May 15, 2020. As COVID-19 forces some of the country’s largest pork producers to curtail operations, pig farmers throughout the U.S. are facing a chilling choice: reconfigure their entire operation to keep stocks intact; or euthanize thousands of animals and dispose of them on their own property. According to a recent report from the Time magazine , as many as 700,000 pigs a week will soon have to be euthanized.