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Tag: growing pigs

Posted on March 5, 2019July 13, 2020

Do Growth Enhancers Affect the Carbon Footprint of Pork Production?

green stylized pig logoIn swine production, maximizing growth rate while minimizing inputs (efficiency) is a top aim of most farmers. This helps an operation become more profitable, but it also has positive environmental benefits in that the amount of water, feed, or energy needed to produce each pound of pork is reduced.…

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