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Plant closures put 160k hogs at risk of depopulation

DarcyMaulsby/iStock/Thinkstock hogs in finishing barn
Worker safety top priority in plan to get meat packing plants reopened.

Approximately 160,000 hogs will have to be euthanized per day across the country if plants are not up and running soon, House Agriculture Committee chairman Collin Peterson (D., Minn.) stated during a press conference Wednesday.

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