Instead of No. 1 hogging the goods, they decided to take one each.
"They wanted to slaughter 16,000 hogs a day," Mrs. Thorne said.
"My farm isn't working," said Mr. Yao, who owns about 45 hogs, compared with 100 three years ago.
A team of 20 chefs will cook 80 hogs raised by local farmers.
"My farm isn't working," said Mr. Yao, 27, who owns about 45 hogs, compared with 100 three years ago.
Some 67,000 hogs died or were destroyed, with infected and healthy pigs shot to stanch the spread.
The No. 6-ranked Tigers fell victim to Ryan Mallet and the No. 12 Hogs, 31-23, and had to settle for the Cotton Bowl.
Yates, Seneca and Cayuga Counties increased their hog production by 70percentt, and now account for one-third of the state's 60,000 hogs.
The farm is actually two sites, Grassy Knoll and Cottonwood, a couple of miles from each other, each with 24 barns, with a combined capacity of 96,000 hogs.
Vall markets about 350,000 hogs a year, substantially all of which are sold under contract to the Seaboard Corporation in Guymon, Okla.
