Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 11/8/17


The Pork Checkoff has created a text-alert system for pork producers. Pork Checkoff assistant vice president of communications Cindy Cunningham says this system notifies pig farmers when a foreign animal disease or major crisis in the U.S. pork industry…“That text alert system is much like the school systems use to notify of bad weather or if there’s a situation at the school."

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