Pork: Production, Profitability, Pathogens, Proposition 12 & More!| Damian Mason
Damian Mason - The Business of Agriculture
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Currently, pork profitability (or lack thereof) has certain observers comparing the industry to the late ’90’s when pork was in turmoil. It was that era, in fact, that set the stage for today’s (mostly) vertically integrated hog production model using contact grower farmers. Adam Krause, a contract grower, joins Glenn Muller, Executive Director of South Dakota Pork Producers Council in an extensive conversation with Damian about all things pork. The topics: Exports, flavorless pigs, grandma’s cooking, African Swine Fever, manure’s value, contractual production critics, Proposition 12, Mexican growth, and pig rectums. Tune in!!
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Pattern Ag https://www.pattern.ag/
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