Craig Hill, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, said no farmer wants to consider destroying animals, but added: 'It may be the harsh reality that we face.'
Mike Naig, Iowa's agriculture secretary, said producers are asking questions about how to dispose of pigs if they're forced to euthanize them. They're considering rendering, composting and burial.
"Things could get better but also worse than what we show here," said Chad Hart, who along with Hayes is among five ISU economists who looked at the pandemic's impact on agriculture.Iowa agriculture faces a negative"economic tidal wave," he said. "Losses are going to grow significantly." "We’ve been good at always producing abundance," Hill said,"but if you let this system fail, you may not have abundance. … Food security is very important."
Reiter is frustrated that cattle prices have fallen while meat processing companies' prices for wholesale beef are near record highs."The market is broken, and we'd like to get it fixed," he said.
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