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Wisconsin Towns Are Trying to Limit CAFO Growth. Big Dairy Is Fighting Back

Daily Yonder

Originally from rural South Dakota, she had been around farming her whole life, but this felt different. “We Many of the dairy farms that have sued municipal and state governments are represented by Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, a national law firm that helped craft state statutes to weaken local control over agriculture.

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Lawsuit Aims to Loosen CAFO Waste Restrictions in Wisconsin. Even Farmers Are Alarmed.

Daily Yonder

In Wisconsin, farmers are worried for statewide water quality and public health after the dairy industry filed a lawsuit to eliminate the only protection that Wisconsin has against contamination from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). About 90%, maybe a bit more of it, is caused by agriculture in the state.”

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