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Celebrate #Porktober21 to recognize Iowa’s achievements

Oct 2, 2021
Oct 2, 2021

Pig at waterer — A pig drinks from a waterer.
Submitted photo courtesy of the National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa

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There is no better time than October to celebrate that Iowa is the country’s top pork-producing state. That achievement is a testament to the work done by the women and men who work in the industry. In fact, if all the people who worked in pork production were aggregated into one place, those 147,000 people would make up the state’s third largest city.

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