Pork producer pursues family tradition, better meat quality

Benjamin Herrold
Jun 4, 2022
Jun 4, 2022

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For David Newman, raising pigs and selling pork is a way of life but also a business and a science, using knowledge to pursue quality. Newman and his family run a farrow-to-finish Berkshire pig operation at Myrtle, Missouri, in the Ozarks near the Arkansas line.

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