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CAFO application withdrawn Chillicothe News The application for a Class IB concentrated animal feeding operation, (CAFO), in Livingston County was withdrawn last week, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR).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 ho...

Judge delivers reprieve to Missouri farmers fighting plan to house 10,000 hogs nearby Jonathan Shorman and Kevin Hardy, The Kansas City Star Dec. 16—A Missouri judge has temporarily halted the Department of Natural Resources from changing how it defines groundwater near concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) as residents in Livingston County fight a proposed site for 10,000 hogs. Neighbors of the proposed CAFO northeast of Kansas City sued DNR and the Missouri Clean Water Commission on Tuesday to stop state officials from moving forward with the rule change on an expe...

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. ...