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CAFO: - Concentrated Animal Feedlot; Consent Agreement/Final Order
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Floods wash away CAFO rules (for awhile)  -  04 Aug 2008
St. Joseph News-Press,Given the continued high rainfall in the region, the DNR has also extended the waiver on land application limits and restrictions within department CAFO

State seeks comments on proposed changes in CAFO regulations  -  04 Aug 2008
Joplin Globe,By Wally Kennedy The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is seeking comments on recently proposed changes to the rules for concentrated animal feeding

Save the planet; stop eating meat  -  04 Aug 2008
Chicago Daily Herald,According to the EPA, waste from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) is the leading cause of our soil and water pollution, and a UN report says

Environmental chief: debate over coal-fired power plants is a top ...  -  04 Aug 2008
MLive.com,It was the first time the state denied a discharge permit for a "concentrated animal feeding operation," or CAFO. Chester notes that the DEQ has approved

Kevin Weeks  -  04 Aug 2008
Spot-OnIn the course of the film, Cheney and Ellis speak to a rancher running a Confined Animal Feed Operation (CAFO) who talks about how cheap corn has directly

Journée panafricaine des femmes : Promouvoir la vie à moindre coût  -  04 Aug 2008
Soir de Bamako (maliweb.net),...contribué à la réussite de cet évènement, particulièrement la CAFO, la Commission nationale d’organisation, et les partenaires techniques et financiers.

Missouri Receives Homeland Security Grants  -  Jul 30, 2008
Ozarks First,...(Jefferson City) -- The state of Missouri is receiving nearly $30-million in grant funding from the Homeland Security Department. Nearly $12-million will go

Engineer: Liberty CAFO would be different  -  Jul 30, 2008
Palladium-Item,...and Monday the county commissioners recommended an ordinance requiring 75 percent of CAFO manure be knifed into the soil, rather than land applied.

OVC Exposed to Abuse – CAFO  -  Jul 29, 2008
New Era,CAFO Director, Dr Henry Platt, told New Era that seeing no one was looking out for them, most OVC who are being looked after in poor households are at risk

Indiana CAFO Watch Conference held Saturday  -  Jul 28, 2008
Winchester News Gazette,Several local people attended the conference, including CAFO remonstrator Elizabeth Thomas and County Commissioner Harry Pearson, who is a former state

Manure-spreading condemned at CAFO Watch Conference  -  Jul 28, 2008
Muncie Star Press,Land application of CAFO manure onto farm fields "is more akin to waste disposal than fertilizer," Hudson said. The greatest economic value of rural

Meeting to focus on CAFO plan  -  Jul 27, 2008
Palladium-Item,One requires a county health permit before a CAFO can be built or operated. The second establishes minimum standards for the disposal of all dead animals,

CAFO rules subject to federal changes  -  Jul 23, 2008
Columbia Daily Tribune,The federal CAFO rules place more emphasis on manure management, both at the livestock raising operation and the on agricultural land where the manure is

Dead animal ordinance considered  -  Aug 2, 2008
Palladium-Item,Sanitarian Ron Parker said the CAFO ordinances were recommended by the county health board at its July 17 meeting, but weren't on the published agenda.

Meet the Candidates  -  Jul 31, 2008
Chillicothe Constitution Tribune,If a farmer would like to put a CAFO on his farm and there is not threat to our water source, environment, or to a neighbor he or she may have a confine

ISDA seeks comment on CAFO siting rules  -  Jul 22, 2008
Ag Weekly,The purpose of the CAFO siting team is to provide “suitability determinations� on proposed livestock operations based on environmental risk.

DNR seeks comments on changes to CAFO rule  -  Jul 22, 2008
The Marshall Democrat-News,Expanding these elements will help CAFO operators analyze decisions and test results from previous years and make appropriate adjustments to the nutrient

Uniform standards are a must  -  Aug 1, 2008
Palladium-Item,That increases greatly the likelihood that if there were more than one CAFO located in the county, at least one or more of these operations would be near

Randolph County CAFO fuels growing feud  -  Jul 10, 2008
NewsLink Indiana,...by Zach Horner A concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, is having problems with its manure lagoon. A liner that should be sitting on the bottom has

Union Co. group again requests CAFO moratorium  -  Jul 8, 2008
Palladium-Item,Randolph County Board of Commissioners withdrew a CAFO moratorium it imposed without area plan commission input, after legal action was taken by CAFO

Rural Indiana has room for lots of agriculture  -  Jul 25, 2008
Muncie Star Press,The CAFO type of farming is an opportunity that some farmers want to explore and pursue. And there is a strong movement toward locally grown food.

Union County megadairy opponents will get IDEM hearing  -  Jul 17, 2008
Palladium-Item,The group watched a video prepared by the Michigan Sierra Club and other environmental groups that painted a grim picture of life near a CAFO and the lack

Grant County: Watch This Before Doing Favors for New Feedlot  -  Jul 27, 2008
KELOLAND TV,...who are trying to keep Canadians from bringing more pollution in the form of a big concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) to their fair city.

MDNR twittles while cattle deformities multiply  -  Jul 21, 2008
Joplin Independent,We raise registerd black angus and are having some genetic problems with them on the farm that is downstream from a CAFO nursery.

Pavilion will include exhibit on CAFOs  -  Jul 27, 2008
Palladium-Item,..."The idea (of the CAFO exhibit) is to answer questions about CAFOs and let visitors know what Purdue researchers are doing to deal with the issues involving

Verdure Technologies, Inc. Moves into New Idaho Headquarters  -  Jul 15, 2008
PRLog.Org (press release),VTI is committed to providing solutions that reduce the negative environmental impact of current concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO),

Union County delays vote on new zoning law  -  Jul 14, 2008
Sioux City Journal,She and several others decried the provision that would allow a waiver of the three-quarter-mile requirement for a large CAFO if 50 percent of the neighbors

In Our View: Hulshof clear choice  -  Jul 25, 2008
Joplin Globe,Kenny Hulshof’s plans to put more teeth into CAFO laws if he is elected, his long-range energy plan, his thoughts on higher-education funding and his grip

Union County, South Dakota Leaders Delay Vote On Zoning Ordinance  -  Jul 15, 2008
KTIV,Some of the major concerns folks told the Union County Planning and Zoning Commission, Monday night, included the stipulations about the placement of CAFO's

Craptastrophe: Record rainfall has created a dung dilemma for ...  -  Jul 8, 2008
Riverfront Times,Rolf Christen, a farmer who lives about four miles south of a CAFO in Sullivan County, says the impact on the streams near his farm was severe.

Efficiency has its downside, too  -  Jul 21, 2008
Palladium-Item,Efficiency has made farming a matter of genetically-modified crops and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO). Forms of communications have

Green's Blog - Where Time is Killed Humanely  -  Jul 16, 2008
State Line Observer,The editorial discusses the absence of local controls in siting of a CAFO. Fayette’s public meeting about the community pool was attended by 44 people.

Industrial farming topic of meeting tonight in Union County  -  Jul 16, 2008
Palladium-Item,The Indiana Statewide CAFO Watch Conference will be July 23 at the Lake Placid Conference Center, Hartford City. Seven professionals from Missouri,

Union County zoning ordinance update to have public hearing next week  -  Jul 8, 2008
Sioux City Journal,The second revision would change the setback for a CAFO from 1/2 mile to 3/4 mile but would allow it to be closer if at least 50 percent of the neighbors

Villages test law's merits  -  Jul 6, 2008
News-Leader.com,In separate applications, Stacey and Heather Luttrell wanted to create a concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, and village.

Controversial Minidoka Feedlot Proposal Still Alive  -  Jul 18, 2008
Pacific Citizen,Without the likely benefit of hearings this time around, she believes the discussions should focus on the CAFO and zoning ordinances rather than the

Yankton Sioux Tribe Files DENR Protest And EPA Environmental ...  -  Jul 29, 2008
Wagner Post,...“The population in and near the Longview Farm Hog Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) in Charles Mix County is over fifty percent (50%) Native

Democrats vie to replace Jay Nixon  -  Jul 28, 2008
News-Leader.com,He proposes a new law giving citizens who live near a proposed CAFO the opportunity to vote on it. "It gives local control," Harris said.

Wind energy still tops plan list  -  Jul 25, 2008
Pilot News,The board also unanimously approved changing the wording in the CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operations) ordinance from 30000 ducks with a solid manure

Willie sings familiar tune about farms  -  Jul 23, 2008
Columbia Daily Tribune,Nelson and the rural crisis center teamed up to contribute to Lincoln Township’s successful battle against a CAFO operated by Premium Standard Farms.

APC issues 34 permits in June  -  Jul 23, 2008
Carroll County Comet,Applying for CFO/CAFO preapplication permits were Larry Trapp, Jackson Twp., and Pig Pen Inc., Burlington Twp. Other permit applications: Larry Trapp,

Center for a Livable Future Names Predoctoral Fellows for 2008-2009  -  Jul 21, 2008
Johns Hopkins Gazette,Her proposed research is to assess the exposure of dairy CAFO contaminants in indoor and outdoor environments in Yakima Valley, Wash.

Huntington County residents upset at new CAFO ruling  -  Jul 11, 2008
Muncie Star Press,AP • July 11, 2008 HUNTINGTON, Ind. —Residents are concerned a new dairy that wants to expand on the site of a former operation that was shut down over

OSU's Smolen receives national recognition for water quality work  -  Jul 11, 2008
High Plains Journal,...the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in 1993, the first EPA CAFO permit in the nation.

Panel sets hearing Monday on Union County zoning law New ordinance ...  -  Jul 9, 2008
Sioux City Journal,The proposed ordinance also would change the setback for a CAFO from a half mile to three-quarters of a mile, but would allow it to be closer if at least 50

American Food for OVC Arrives  -  Jul 7, 2008
New Era,PEPFAR works closely with its Namibian partners such as CAFO and JCK to prevent HIV infections and provide care and treatment for those infected and

La résistante grand-mère de 68 ans, Mariam Tessougué fait partie ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
L'Essor,A cet effet renchérit la Secrétaire générale de la Coordination des associations et ONG féminines du Mali (CAFO) Mme Dembélé Oulématou Sow son organisation

Du travail à l’éducation des enfants : « Tous pour du travail à l ...  -  Jul 21, 2008
Le Pouce (maliweb.net),C’est dans ce même contexte que la CAFO , au cours de la journée mondiale contre le travail des enfants, le 12 juin dernier, a pris l’initiative d’organiser

Starke Getränke fördern HIV/Aids  -  Jul 22, 2008
Allgemeine Zeitung Namibia,Windhoek – Die Kirchenallianz für Waisenkinder (Church Alliance for Orphans, CAFO) hat am vergangenen Donnerstag ihre Jahreshauptversammlung abgehalten.

Methane recovery effort grows in county  -  Jul 30, 2008
Monticello Herald Journal,Indiana Department of Environmental Management is taking a concept in place at a White County business to a new level. In the fall of 2005 Waste Management




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