It’s difficult to quantify the emotional toll on pork producers who depopulated healthy pigs because of packing plant shutdowns.
Minnesota Pork CEO David Preisler tells Brownfield he’s concerned that aspect of the pandemic is being underestimated.
“I’d say there were more put down in Minnesota than probably any other state just because of what occurred with the length of the closures here. And farmers are wired to save pigs, and they are wired to care for them and provide good, quality care.
