An Iowa hog producer says farmers need more control and some reforms to bring farm prices and the rural economy up.
Chris Peterson from Clear Lake, Iowa is semi-retired, but he is still raising hogs. He says, “The farm bankruptcies, the bankers are having the jitters and everything else, (and) the margins being so narrow, it’s tough times.” Peterson tells Brownfield part of the problem with low margins and high input costs is because of consolidation in agribusiness.
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