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Facing the New Pork Consumer
2013-10-04 17:26:00| National Hog Farmer
Animal welfare concerns do impact some purchases of pork products. Production agriculture is facing increasing pressure from consumers about pork not so much about whether the products are lean or not, but for the farming practices used to produce that product, says Purdue University agricultural economist Nicole Olynk Widmar. When consumers talk, they mention things like the welfare associated with the production of bacon or the welfare associated with making pork chops. Its the new consumer reality, she says. read more
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