Can you update us on the pig farm on the outskirts of Las Vegas? The last we heard, it -- and the pigs -- were suffering from the shutdown and lack of restaurant business due to the pandemic. Did it ever recover?
We've received several questions about the pigs since the shutdown and lack of buffet leftovers impacted the farm, now called Las Vegas Livestock, in a seriously detrimental way. The last time we answered one was in October 2020, four or so months after the shutdown, when the proprietors told us that they were still recycling food from local casinos, but the lack of buffets was a definite hardship on the farm, where upwards of 90% of the slop was from leftovers. Indeed, the "inventory" (livestock) had been reduced by 75%, which put the farm in a somewhat dire financial condition.
Local and out-of-state food warehouses, including supermarkets and Costco, became backup sources for pig fodder when the warehouses found themselves with excess food they'd planned to sell or ship out, but had to be discarded when sales and orders dried up due to restrictions. Some of those warehouses still keep the farm supplied with scraps that have to be recycled due to supply-chain problems.
In addition, leftovers have resumed from the buffets at MGM properties and the Cosmopolitan, as well as restaurants at the Venetian. With Las Vegas going full bore again, it was reported several weeks ago that the farm had returned to its pre-COVID number of pigs, roughly 5,000.
The holidays provide an annual abundance, especially with leftover pies, cranberries and sauce, prepared gravies, even turkey.
So the pigs are are back in hog heaven, thankfully.
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Kevin Lewis
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