. "2008 Illinois was the fourth-largest hog and pig producer in the country, and DeKalb County ranked number two in hog and pig production within the state announcement last Thursday that it intends to lift a ban on U.S. pork imports in effect since May. concerns about the H1N1 virus last spring, commonly dubbed \"swine flu, caused several countries, including China, to shut down U.S. pork imports Ru" . . .