Lawsuit Aims to Loosen CAFO Waste Restrictions in Wisconsin. Even Farmers Are Alarmed.
Daily Yonder
OCTOBER 2, 2023
To be classified as a CAFO, an operation must have at least 1,000 animal units (700 milking cows, 1,000 beef cattle, 2,500 pigs, 55,000 turkeys, 82,000 laying hens, or 125,000 chickens). “I Raff, an economist at the United States Department of Agriculture, authored a 2021 study on CAFOs and surface water quality.
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