Drug, Feed Ingredient Shortages Hit US Livestock Producers

Drug, Feed Ingredient Shortages Hit US Livestock Producers
Dairy cows are seen on Derrydale Farm, an organic dairy farm in Belle Plaine, Minn., on Oct. 24, 2020. Bing Guan/Reuters
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CHICAGO—Michigan dairy farmer Doug Chapin has been unable to buy bottles of veterinary penicillin for his cows for more than a month.

In Minnesota, pig farmer Randy Spronk reformulated feed rations due to a shortage of the widely used ingredient lysine, an amino acid that helps livestock grow.