Visa approval slowdown impacting ag

The secretary of the Illinois Pork Producers Association says a drastic slowdown in visa approvals by the U.S. government is impacting agriculture. Katie Brown, whose family raises hogs and row crops in Montgomery County, says a major change has happened in the past six months. “Two years ago, that process would take anywhere between three […]

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