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WSU researchers win historic FDA approval for gene-edited pork

By Courtney Flatt May 3, 2023

Six brown sausages sit on top of a black grill. Orange flames crawl up the grill and onto the sausages.

Blake Foraker grills gene-edited German-style sausages at Washington State University. Credit: Connor Henricksen Listen (Runtime 3:58) Read At a barbecue on campus last week, flames licked a set of sausage […]Read More

Millions Of Pigs Will Be Euthanized As Pandemic Cripples Meatpacking Plants

By NPR News May 14, 2020

With meatpacking plants reducing processing capacity nationwide, U.S. hog farmers are bracing or an unprecedented crisis: the need to euthanize millions of pigs.

As the pandemic wreaks havoc on the meat industry, hog farmers anticipate they'll soon be forced to euthanize millions of pigs unable to be sent for processing.Read More

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