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'It's almost like we're living in a prison': Loraine couple, Illinois EPA file lawsuits against northern Adams County hog confinement

May 31, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

LORAINE, Ill. — Two civil suits filed in Adams County Circuit Court claim County Line Swine, Inc., a 5,000-hog confinement in northern Adams County, and Carroll Family Farms, LLC, of Carthage, which owns the swine and provides feed for the facility, are operating the hog confinement with improper methods that have harmful impacts on local…