McLean County Farm Bureau

FARMERS FIND WAYS TO SAVE MILLIONS OF PIGS FROM BEING EUTHANIZED

A month ago, America’s pork farmers were in crisis. About 40 percent of the country’s pork plants were shut down because they had become hot spots of coronavirus infection. Pork producers and industry analysts said that if factories didn’t re-open quickly, they’d be forced to euthanize millions of hogs on their farms. But that worst case scenario seems to not be happening. (NPR Illinois)