Below are highlights from an article by Mitchell Schmidt published on Madison.com on September 19, 2019.
Representatives with the state’s largest agricultural groups say proposed changes to livestock siting rules aimed at giving local governments more say in the process would cause further harm to Wisconsin’s embattled farm industry.
“At a time when our industry is struggling the most, we cannot afford any more loss due to costly rules and revisions,” Cindy Leitner, president of the Wisconsin Dairy Alliance, which is made up of large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), said at a Monday press conference. “Adoption of this rule without change will simply put a halt to livestock expansion in the state.”
Created in 2006, the state’s livestock facility siting rule creates standards to be used by local governments for new or expanding livestock operations.
Under Wisconsin law, local governments do not have to require permits. But if they choose to do so, state rules set standards and procedures — focused on setbacks from property, management plans, odor, nutrient and runoff management and manure storage facilities — that must be followed.
Read the article in its entirety at https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ag-groups-push-back-against-proposed-farm-siting-rules/article_abf46694-638d-5423-9e03-5502d6bdf069.html
