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Hundreds of Livingston County residents, alongside environmental and farming advocacy groups, recently voiced opposition to a proposed concentrated animal feeding operation coming to the county. The proposal was since rescinded, but some believe the debate over CAFOs in Missouri is just getting started. ....
Published May 28, 2021 at 5:37 PM CDT Waterkeeper Alliance Inc. Flickr An aerial shot shows a concentrated animal feeding operation, and corresponding manure lagoon, in Sampson, North Carolina. September 17, 2018. This interview will be on “St. Louis on the Air” over the noon hour Tuesday. This story will be updated after the show. You can Livingston County farmer Doug Doughty has long been invested in environmentalism, particularly as it relates to agriculture. So when a 10,500 hog operation was under consideration in his community, Doughty jumped to action. Alongside community members and advocacy groups, including the Missouri Rural Crisis Center and Poosey Neighbors United, Doughty spoke out against the proposed concentrated animal feeding operation, ....
CAFO application withdrawn Chillicothe News The application for a Class IB concentrated animal feeding operation, (CAFO), in Livingston County was withdrawn last week, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR). A press release from Poosey Neighbors United, state that the document they received from DNR indicates that on April 6, 2021, United Hog Systems withdrew its application According to the permit application, the proposed Z-8 Sow Farm would have held 10,467 swine and used 12’ deep below-ground concrete manure containment structures to collect and store all hog waste. The proposed CAFO would be located near the Poosey Conservation Area and the Thompson River. ....
While Missouri farmers fight plan for 10,000 hogs as neighbors, state sides with big ag Jonathan Shorman and Kevin Hardy, The Kansas City Star Dec. 13 CHILLICOTHE When Andrew Geiser crossed onto the property in March, several months had already passed since he and his neighbors first received letters alerting them that an out-of-town company wanted to bring thousands of hogs to the land near their country homes. The Livingston County farmer and others in the area had grave concerns about what the concentrated animal feeding operation, commonly called a CAFO, would mean. Trucks going to and from the site could damage the narrow rural roads. Would property values fall? ....