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
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
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
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
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,
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
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,
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
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
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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