A swine disease that normally subsides during the summer seems to be getting more lethal in parts of the Upper Midwest. 

Phil Burke with Anpario, a livestock feed ingredient manufacturer based in the United Kingdom, says Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, more commonly known as PRRS, is wreaking havoc on swine farms in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota.

“Normally you think of PRRS from maybe mid to late-October through April 1st would be the normal window, but it seems like every week it should be going away it’s getting worse and worse and worse.”

He tells Brownfield producers are suffering devastating losses.

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