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Minnesota Pork Producers describe financial losses, permitting and disease readiness to Senate panel
Summary
Darryl Timmerman of the Minnesota Pork Producers outlined 19 months of losses in the U.S. swine sector, urged streamlined permitting and continued support for the Board of Animal Health to prepare for threats such as African swine fever.
Darryl Timmerman, executive‑board member and recent past president of the Minnesota Pork Producers Association, told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development that Minnesota pig farmers endured a prolonged period of losses beginning in 2022 and that the sector faces continued pressures from feed costs, labor and permitting requirements.
Timmerman said an Iowa State model tracked a 19‑month stretch of industry losses and that, over the period, the model showed “$27 of losses on every…
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