NPR: Farmers Take Out Millions In Loans To Raise Chickens For Big-Box Retailers
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by Grant Gerlock | June 22, 20174:08 PM ET Tim Mueller has raised corn and soybeans on 530 acres near Columbus, Neb., for decades, but now he is planning to take a huge gamble. The big-box retailer Costco is building a new chicken-processing plant in Fremont, Neb., about an hour away from Mueller’s farm. The…