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Ind. farmers unload livestock as drought continues

By Tom LoBianco
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The ongoing drought is taking its toll on Indiana livestock farmers as they liquidate their inventories.

Pig sales are almost double what they were last year in July and have even caused backups in some processing centers trying to handle the flood of farmers unloading their livestock, said Michael Platt, executive director of the Indiana Pork Producers, during a news conference Monday at the Indiana Farm Bureau.

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