Coronavirus crisis puts hog farmers in uncharted territory: Killing their healthy livestock

“It’s an absolute last resort that is probably the hardest decision farmers will make in their farming careers,” the head of a pork producers association said of euthanizing herds.
Facing rising costs and increasingly cramped conditions for their herds, some hog farmers across the Midwest have taken drastic action: euthanizing perfectly healthy pigs.
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