North Carolina: No corn, but great pig farming

01-05-2017 | |
The truck with piglets on its way to Indiana.
The truck with piglets on its way to Indiana.
North Carolina is the United States’ second-largest pig state. Far away from the corn belt, and surrounded by forests, circumstances are good for swine production, explains David Herring, of TDM Farms, Newton Grove, NC. He heads a multistate 18,000 swine integration. A door is opened, and out come a small group of pink creatures. Hesitant at first, the piglets look round. Soon, more follow, the group grows and the piglets push each other forward. From inside the building, a rattling sound gro


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