Feed costs, swine flu put small hog farms in peril
Friday, June 19, 2009
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Marty Malecek got a business degree intending to take over the Minnesota hog farm that his father started nearly 20 years ago. Instead, they are selling their 1,700 hogs and auctioning off land after it became clear that they could no longer cover their costs.
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