Some Wisconsin poultry farmers have been left in the lurch after a sudden bankruptcy shed light on a law that prevented state officials from coming to their aid.
The processor Prairie Farms worked with about 50 farms in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa to raise broiler chickens.
Agriculture departments in the other two states stepped in to help farmers after Prairie Farms filed for bankruptcy last month. But in Wisconsin, farmers had to resort to giving away tens of thousands of chickens on Facebook…