DNR set to allow factory farm expansion in Kewaunee County

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 Jan. 11 that the state Department of Natural Resources has drafted new permit conditions allowing Kinnard Farms to nearly double its 8,000-head herd...
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Ken Notes: 16,000 cows - no digestor, no treatment, vulnerable to groundwater contamination, directly between Green Bay and Lake Micigan, surrounded by other CAFO`s, half the wells in the town of Lincoln were contaminated -- hey what could go wrong. I like the DNR, but I am wondering where their proverbial head is at on this one alas decorum --- prevents me from answering...