date:May 21, 2013
oises yet another challenge for hog farms still recovering from record-high feed costs from last summer's historic drought.
The severity of the outbreak is not yet known, but we're hoping to have a better assessment soon, Becton told Reuters.
Iowa is the nation's leading hog producer with more than 20 million hogs and Indiana is No. 5 with 3.65 million, according to USDA.
Agriculture Department officials are pulling together an agricultural epidemiologic survey, and plan to send the questionn