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Sellers say processor often paid lateSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP)--Prosecutors pressed livestock sellers to acknowledge that an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse was often late with payments as they try to prove the plant broke an 88-year-old agricultural law. Former Agriprocessors Inc., manager Sholom Rubashkin faces 91 financial fraud charges, among them allegations that he broke a law mandating purchasers make timely payments to livestock sellers. Records from the Wisconsin-based Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association show that Agriprocessors often mailed a check several days after purchasing cattle. Equity officials testified Oct. 27 that Agriprocessors was often late but always paid in full. Agriprocessors previously operated a plant near Gordon, Neb., that was not involved in the allegations.
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