Legislation that would appropriate an additional $5 billion
to help pork producers mitigate losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has been
introduced in the U.S. House.
Minnesota Republican Jim Hagedorn tells Brownfield the Direct Pork Assistance Package Act supports payments to independent pig farmers who have sold into an artificially depressed market.
“When the coronavirus pandemic hit and we had to kind of shut down the economy and close the restaurants, the demand for finer cuts of meat went through the floor along with our futures markets for pork.
