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Monticello ky | I’m not gonna throw mud at any farmer doing what works. And yes by your metrics when done correctly all confinement systems work. When done correctly other systems work too. I’ve raised hogs from dirt floors to million dollar university facilities and everything in between. I’ve seen the effect it has on those animals in extreme confinement, gestation crates ect. I’m no animal rights activist by a long shot. But if you forced me to put my sows in gestation crates I’d just sell out and quit. Heck I’ve even got rid of my farrowing crates now and went back to pen farrowing. I do think we have have a responsibility to care for animals in a humane way, now we can debate what that is, but American ag has decided what it is to them and when it comes to hogs I simply think we got it wrong. We did a huge disservice to not only the animal but more importantly the hog farmer. | |
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Piggies.
