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Market volatility shadows Illinois pork

Nat Williams
Oct 22, 2018
Oct 22, 2018 Updated Nov 16, 2018

Pigs nursing — Piglets nurse in a farrowing hut on a Jefferson County farm. Illinois pork producers are concerned about factors that could swing prices wildly up or down.
Photo by Nat Williams

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Phil Borgic touched the low point of the pork industry in the late 1990s. It feels even worse today, he said.

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