Where’s the Farmer? Limiting Liability in Midwest Industrial Hog Production

How does corporate structure influence the way that large-scale hog production works? This article details how Limited Liability Corporations are used to confuse ownership and dodge liability in the context of expanding industrial scale hog production in Illinois. Co-authors Danielle Diamond, Kendall Thu, and I detail the impacts of this structure for rural communities and family farms here.

For coverage of this article, see The Daily Yonder and the Open Markets Institute’s Food & Power.