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Pork expansions bring better technologies to industry
An extension educator says pork producers are turning transportation savings from the new processing plant in the Eastern Corn Belt into new production facilities.
Dale Rozeboom with Michigan State University tells Brownfield pork producers who have expanded are spending at least two years between selecting new sites and meeting regulatory approvals before pigs can enter the barn. “Siting and choosing of a facility is not just something that is done haphazardly, it’s really done with a lot of study and then there’s the accountability that the state has.”
Rozeboom says facilities are utilizing new technologies like air filtering systems that clean the air entering barns to improve pig health.
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