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by ensignavenger 3572 days ago
That is certainly a possibility! I didn't mean to imply it wasn't. I did a some quick looking and if your in the US, the USDA guarantees livestock insurance, this likely results in a distortion of the risk and perhaps shifts the incentives towards this sort of behavior.

But I would caution against taking rumor and gossip as strong supporting evidence.