After a record year of direct government payments to farmers, some outside of the agriculture industry wonder if trade and COVID aid are still needed. Pennsylvania hog farmer Chris Hoffman says the answer is yes.
“Unless something changes in a drastic way, I really believe it will probably be needed as we roll into the first and second quarter of next year.”
Hoffman says the hog market has not recovered from processing plant slowdowns, so they are not able to get exports out like they need to.
