Application withdrawn for giant poultry farm in Chatham County
A large poultry farm was proposed to be built on this 64-acre tract along Old US 421 near Goldston in Chatham County. However, that project is now in doubt because a USDA loan application that would have helped pay for the operation has been withdrawn. (File photo: Lisa Sorg) A USDA loan application for a proposed chicken farm near Goldston in Chatham County has been withdrawn, raising questions of whether the enormous operation will be built. Policy Watch learned of the withdrawal after asking the USDA for its final environmental assessment of the project. That assessment was being prepared,...