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PorkPod: Pork producers are reminded to take precautions when pumping the manure pits

Date: October 20, 2015

Length: 4:56

Speaker: Dr. Dave Pyburn, , Vice President of Science and Technology, National Pork Board

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Pork producers are reminded to take precautions when pumping the manure pits

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