Ferlyn and Karen Hofer hold piglets at the Canistota, S.D., farm. As pork plants shut down this spring, the Hofers gained hundreds of new customers who bought pigs directly from them and hand them processed by local butchers.
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Ferlyn and Karen Hofer hold piglets at the Canistota, S.D., farm. As pork plants shut down this spring, the Hofers gained hundreds of new customers who bought pigs directly from them and hand them processed by local butchers.