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To: central_va

When you say “pig farmers” do you mean the corporate pig farmers like Tyson and Smithfield, or real farmers who raise a few pigs on the back 40?


90 posted on 07/12/2018 6:49:56 AM PDT by Augie
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To: Augie
...farmers who raise a few pigs on the back 40?

That's a relatively tiny niche market. More than half of all hogs are raised on contract, or by corporations and partnerships. Of hogs raised by 'family' or 'individual' farms, the overwhelming majority are very commercial operations.

Even heirloom and pasture-raisedhogs are frequently a sideline for a more commercial operation.

So, any 'bailout' of pig farmers (a stupid idea to start with) is going to overwhelmingly go to large commercial operators.

105 posted on 07/12/2018 7:15:36 AM PDT by jjotto (Nex eek, BOOM! for sure!)
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