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Young farmer’s commitment key to egg business

Benjamin Herrold
Feb 17, 2019
Feb 17, 2019 Updated Feb 27, 2019

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CENTRALIA, Mo. — For Boone County farmer Dustin Stanton, what started as a desire to keep the class pet grew into a thriving egg business, and an on-farm visit from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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