An Iowa farmer who’s spent most of his life working with hogs
says biosecurity has improved immensely.
Larry Sailer of Iowa Falls tells Brownfield so much has changed since he started feeding pigs sixty-five years ago.
“I’ve got pictures of me feeding pigs when I was about two years old. At that time there really wasn’t much talk about biosecurity, and we had most of our livestock outside. Wildlife could get to it, and diseases spread.”
When he retired as a construction supervisor for a large hog company last year, he says the barns featured bio-filters that used air pressure to keep diseases out.
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