Not enough little piggies going to the US market
China Daily | Updated: 2009-06-24 08:09
A hog stands in its pen on the Dave Struthers farm in Collins, Iowa. AP |
MAPLE PARK, Illinois: Summer is usually a profitable time for America's hog producers but this year the H1N1 outbreak, recession and high feed prices have even the largest farmers operating deep in the red and some smaller ones on the brink of bankruptcy.
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