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Farmers Find Ways To Save Millions Of Pigs From Being Euthanized

NPR | By Dan Charles

Published June 5, 2020 at 3:00 AM MDT

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When COVID-19 infections forced pork companies to close processing plants, some farmers predicted that it would force them to euthanize millions of hogs. The actual number has been much lower.

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Dan Charles is NPR's food and agriculture correspondent.

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