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How Coronavirus and a Million Dead Pigs Exposed a Meatpacking Oligopoly

Tens of thousands of pigs are being euthanized each day and dumped into landfills or used as biofuel. That’s because farmers have a pig problem— oversupply. 300-pound hogs that should’ve gone to market are now being sold for fractions of a dollar or straight up given away on Craigslist. And...

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