MrBillM
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COVID brings Good News ..............
.............. For Pigs ?
The Pandemic effect on the packing houses means that the "hog farmers" are being forced to humanely
euthanize those porkies. Which might be a better one than what they were looking to. The humanely part, that is.
In a "DUH" moment, the network newsgal asked the field reporter if the farmers might have other alternatives such as donating the
animals to a food bank.
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AKgringo
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What petting zoo wouldn't love to take on a truck load of hungry juvenile hogs?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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wessongroup
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The U.S. Hog Industry--Then and Now
"U.S. hogs and pigs data found in the 1978 Census of Agriculture (and other publications from the same period) encapsulates pretty well the state of
the U.S. industry before the shift toward concentration and vertical integration began. There were 512,292 farms in the United States that reported
raising hogs, and the average farm had an inventory of about 115 animals. Only three percent of hog farms had inventories of 5,000 head or more. In
contrast, the most recent (2012) Census of Agriculture reported 63,246 farms with hogs, an 87 percent decline in less than 35 years. The average hog
farm had 1,043 animals in inventory, with 83 percent of animals in operations with more than 5,000 head."
https://www.agweb.com/blog/straight-from-dc-agricultural-per...
A bit dated report ... 2016 ... but, informative to hog production in the USA
One of the most difficult production problems on large animal farms ... dealing with waste getting "off-site" ... through: air, water and soil
Cost for production do not included Tertiary Waste treatment facilities, on-site 
Slaughtering tends to be a difficult part of "eating" animals ... IMO
However, it has not stopped me and/or my family from eating animals ... just saying
[Edited on 5-11-2020 by wessongroup]
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Paco Facullo
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Heck, I'll eat Lamb, Ram, Sheep & Mutt, Bull, Beef , Bacon and Bear !!!
I'fn ya say that line fast , It just roils off the tongue ....
Also If God didn't intend us Human's to eat Animals, He wouldn't have made them out of Meat !
And have them taste SO darn good Bar-B-Qued or put inside a Taco..
[Edited on 5-11-2020 by Paco Facullo]
Since I've given up all hope, I feel much better
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MrBillM
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Keep those Ribeyes Coming !
To those in the Slaughterhouse industry who may fall to CV-19 in the line of duty, we say ..................
"You will have died for a noble cause and will be saluted each day as we fire up the Barbie."
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