SEGMENT: LIVESTOCK; FARM FACILITIES

Russ Jeckel>LPL Walk & Talk Interviews>Jeckel, Section 1

SEGMENT: LIVESTOCK; FARM FACILITIES,

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LIVESTOCK
Feed
FARM FACILITIES
The screens on the outside of the building helps keep birds and their diseases and other pests from coming in while keeping good air circulating and ventilation good.
LIVESTOCK
Discusses how the pigs genetics have changed over the last forty years. Most animals raised today are bred from a very narrow selection of animals. Today's pigs are more fragile, less fatty, more difficult to raise.
FARM EQUIPMENT
To raise pigs today you need less labor. The biggest change in the industry is the shift in equipment that reduced labor but costs more.