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Rural community seeks to control fate in face of large livestock facilities
Township at heart of factory farm focus completes study and considers its options.
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County board learns limits of managing large-scale livestock operations
Burnett County, the home of several St. Croix River tributaries, receives recommendations to regulate industrial agriculture.
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9 million gallons of manure: Factory farm proposed near St. Croix tributary would make a lot of waste
More details emerge about proposed swine operation in northwest Wisconsin as officials consider new rules.
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Polk County committee tables unpopular factory farm ordinance
Public comments critical of proposed rules sends officials back to the drawing board.
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Polk County citizens say proposed factory farm regulations favor industrial agriculture
Community members call on officials to reject ordinances they say aren’t strong enough to protect people, land, and water.
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Wisconsin law would limit local control of large factory farms
Legislators seek to give state agency the power to decide where new livestock facilities are located.
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Two video reports focus on fight against hog farm in Trade River region
State and national news outlets share story of CAFO conflict near St. Croix River tributary.
