Recently livestock producers have faced wildly fluctuating prices and growing corporate competition. The combination has pushed about a third of the nation's hog farmers out of business. Now, control over the country's second largest pork processor has ignited a battle between two agricultural giants. Whoever wins the right to merge with IBP will increase their grip on the pork industry, extending more control over farmers and their livelihood. Minnesota Public Radio's Erin Galbally reports.
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