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The Hog Farm Transition Program will provide up to $75 million over two years to help hog producers who wish to transition out of the industry. The first $37.5 million will be available immediately.
Hog producers may bid for compensation payments from the Hog Farm Transition Program. Participants will submit closed tender bids to the program for how much money they would require from the program to completely idle all of their hog production facilities for 3 years following complete emptying of all barns.
A series of closed tenders will be offered until the funds from the program are fully exhausted or the program has terminated. The first tender will occur on October 28, 2009. All bids received by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time will be considered for that date’s tender.
Revenue from the sale of animals in inventory is not linked to applications to the Hog Farm Transition Program.