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Summit Pork opened its 6,250-head swine finishing operation in Gage County's Hanover Township in 2023. Summit Pork’s owner, Bruce Rastetter, gave $50,000 to Gov. Jim Pillen’s 2022 gubernatorial campaign, according to state campaign finance records. Photo by Eric Gregory for the Flatwater Free Press

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Courtesy photo COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the livestock industry. Local hog producers have been hit hard as processing plants have reduced capacities, forcing producers to find alternative outlets or even euthanize pigs.

Tough times in pig business

Local operations doing what they can as coronavius hits industry hard

Terry Sjuts never thought the Internet would be part of his business plan, but now it’s making a bad situation a little less painful.

The Humphrey hog farmer, like livestock producers everywhere, is dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his operation.

“Never in my life would I have dreamt this,” he said. “We’ve just had a lot of good people respond.”

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