County board learns limits of managing large-scale livestock operations Burnett County, the home of several St. Croix River tributaries, receives recommendations to regulate industrial agriculture. Hog CAFO, North Carolina (Emily Sutton, Haw Riverkeeper|Flickr) Howard Pahl lives in the rural township of Trade Lake, Wisc., which he’s called home since 1978. He’s one of only a few; the 36-square mile township is home to just 823 people. Most of the township and its residents are downwind of a proposed industrial swine facility that has put them on defense. Pahl spoke to the Burnett County board of supervisors at their recent meeting to discuss Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) that have their sights set on the county.