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Plans for a 3 million-chicken facility will get a second look from the state after it lost some motions in court. But the future is still uncertain.

Construction plans for a large-scale facility proposing to raise 3.4 million chickens per year near Scio in Linn County, Oregon, will be put on hold. That follows a state decision to temporarily withdraw the facility’s permit ahead of a challenge that was scheduled to go on trial in early May. It’s the last of three large […] The post Controversial Linn County chicken ranch put on hold following permit withdrawal appeared first on Oregon Capital Chronicle.

Jason Peters applied for a permit to build a chicken "grow out" site between Jefferson and Mill City, but never completed the paperwork.

Opponents say industrial poultry operations planned for Scio and Aumsville are reinforcing a trend in Oregon agriculture where only the largest farms survive.

Today several Oregon-based farmer groups filed a state court challenge to the Oregon Department of Agriculture

Today several Oregon-based farmer groups filed a state court challenge to the Oregon Department of Agriculture

Opponents of a large chicken facility in Scio filed a lawsuit in Linn County Circuit Court hoping to block the project.

SCIO, Ore. — A steady mid-June rain fell as Christina Eastman drove her UTV past fields of grass and yellow-flowering dill at her familys farm outside Scio, Ore.

Three new large-scale chicken farms are being proposed in the Mid-Willamette Valley, though neighbors are worried about potential impacts including air and water pollution, odor and increased traffic on the

Foster Farms wants to renew a critical permit for its slaughterhouse in Creswell, but officials said they have no plans to reopen it.