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

Daily Yonder

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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The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight

Civil Eats

According to the DNR, any open feedlot operation with 1,000 or more animal units needs to submit a plan to ensure the operation does not over-apply manure to surrounding cropland. And for good reason: Cattle is the top-ranked agricultural commodity in the U.S. So, when we try to farm at these very large scales.

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