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Things don't look good. Farmers are going to be killing off their piglets because there simply isn't a market.
https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-hog-farmers-we-are-in-crisis/32220845
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https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-hog-farmers-we-are-in-crisis/32220845
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Remainder on link.Instead, restaurant closures due to the coronavirus have contributed to an estimated $5 billion in losses for the industry, and almost overnight millions of hogs stacking up on farms now have little value. Some farmers have resorted to killing piglets because plunging sales mean there is no room to hold additional animals in increasingly cramped conditions.