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10:11 am
Thu August 9, 2012

Crate question looms over pork producers

Credit Sarah McCammon / Harvest Public Media
Elite Pork Partnership keeps sows and piglets inside in facilities like this one Carroll, Iowa.

Craig Rowles grew up on an Iowa farm, and like a lot of farm kids, he’s done his share of heavy lifting.

“I know what that means to carry feed in 5-gallon buckets through the mud and through the snow and through the heat,” he said. “And I understand what it takes to try to keep animals alive in those extreme kinds of temperatures.”

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