Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 2, 2023

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).

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A few days after moving in, concerned neighbors informed her that Ledgeview Farms, a large dairy farm behind her home, was planning to expand, which included building a manure pit to store millions of gallons of waste next to the subdivision. Over the next several years, Porter began noticing manure runoff in the creek her kids would play in.

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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

According to Thompson, the credit for the pilot concept belongs to RIPE (Rural Investment to Protect our Environment). The pilot program will pay producers $100 per acre or animal unit for voluntary adoption of climate-smart practices that deliver more than that amount in public environmental benefits.

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