Lawmaker Seeks Protections For Small Pork Producers US Representative Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.), said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue that packer-owned hogs may be jumping the queue to meat packing plants ahead of hogs owned by independent pork producers. “Packing-plant closures and disruptions have reduced production and created a backlog of market-ready hogs,” … Continue reading Lawmaker Seeks Protections For Small Pork Producers