Environmental regulators are set to allow a factory dairy farm accused of contaminating Kewaunee County drinking water to expand, drawing the ire of conservationists.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Environmental regulators are set to allow a factory dairy farm accused of contaminating Kewaunee County drinking water to expand, angering conservationists.
The Wisconsin State Journal reported Tuesday that the state Department of Natural Resources has drafted new permit conditions allowing Kinnard Farms to nearly double its 8,000-head herd. The permit would give the farm until March to come up with a plan for monitoring groundwater on the more than 16,000 acres (6,475 hectares) where it spreads manure......
The Wisconsin State Journal reported Tuesday that the state Department of Natural Resources has drafted new permit conditions allowing Kinnard Farms to nearly double its 8,000-head herd. The permit would give the farm until March to come up with a plan for monitoring groundwater on the more than 16,000 acres (6,475 hectares) where it spreads manure......
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Notes: ARGHHHHHH!!!! We do not successfully monitor the farms we have now! We know digestion works and is affordable! We know CAFO`s are both bad for the environment and are destroying our watersheds and small farms! We know the potential for a disease is exponentially greater on mega farms! Finally we know that we are not now effectively regulating the industry!!! And the answer is more permits for even larger farms???? We are crazy...
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