tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387940083893553019.post6097439660220419883..comments2023-08-20T07:15:35.499-07:00Comments on Acorns for Thought: The Power of a Simple Thingcharles wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597535332875987884noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387940083893553019.post-75134394486456140702011-01-08T08:33:57.758-08:002011-01-08T08:33:57.758-08:00The corresponding thought is that the pork industr...The corresponding thought is that the pork industry is driven by consumer wants through market demands. The market demanded by the consumer leaner pork, so through genetic modification we raise leaner pork, which means less body heat from intramuscular (IM) fat in the hogs. Which means as producers or caretakers we were respinsible to keep them healthy and warm. SO we put them inside on feed regulated systems in temperature controlled barns. All of this runs parallel to Chuck's thought of hog wallows. But the consumer want (end product of lean pork) has worked as much as the concern for proper care to ge tthe industry where it is today. If we take hogs back outside with the genetics that many of them carry today, they will have a very hard time sustaining themselves and we will be at square 1 again with disease and extra amounts of work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297698014446549212noreply@blogger.com