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FARMERS, ACTIVISTS, INVESTORS FIGHT OVER TREATMENT OF PREGNANT PIGS


CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES MORE SPACE FOR BREEDING HOGS, BUT PORK PRODUCERS WARN
ABOUT HIGHER COSTS, DANGERS TO ANIMALS

Mike Paustian, an Iowa hog farmer, pictured here in 2020, says individual
gestation stalls ‘allow you to do a better job of monitoring individual
sows.’Photo: Meg Mclaughlin/Zuma Press
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