STU ELLIS: Get a grip, California
California may be the land of milk and honey and Hollywood starlets, but Corn Belt farmers are getting a complex over the treatment they are getting from the “left coast.”
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California may be the land of milk and honey and Hollywood starlets, but Corn Belt farmers are getting a complex over the treatment they are getting from the “left coast.”
Just as people need to find ways to cool off in the summer, so do livestock. And the past few years for farmers have been a struggle.
A pig’s ideal temperature is 65 degrees Fahrenheit. So on a 90-degree day in the middle of July, Phil Borgic keeps a close eye on his herd. “A pig can’t...
Copyright 2021 Illinois Public Media - WILL. To see more, visit Illinois Public Media - WILL. NOEL KING, HOST: Just as people need to find ways to cool off in the summer, so do livestock. And the past few years for farmers, it's been a struggle. Here's Dana Cronin from Illinois Public Media. DANA CRONIN, BYLINE: It's feeding time on Borgic Farms in central Illinois. Hundreds of 12-week-old pigs are crammed into a long barn, climbing over each other to stick their snouts in feed. It's pushing 90 degrees today. And the air here is humid and heavy with the smell of pig manure.
The past few years have been incredibly difficult for hog farmers like me. After more...