A Missouri hog producer emphasizes that maintaining healthy livestock has become essential for farming operations to remain profitable. Disease outbreaks can cost producers millions of dollars and threaten their ability to stay in business.
Maintaining healthy livestock has become the deciding factor between success and failure for hog producers, according to a Missouri farmer. Scott Phillips, who operates two sow facilities in Cass County in western Missouri, explains that disease prevention has become his top priority.
“If our hogs get a Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus or Porcine epidemic diarrhea, it costs us so many millions of dollars,” Phillips explained to Brownfield. The financial impact of these diseases can be devastating enough to force operations out of business entirely.
Phillips’ experience highlights the growing importance of biosecurity measures and preventive care in modern livestock operations, where a single disease outbreak can result in catastrophic financial losses.
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