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One of many signs in opposition to a proposed large dairy farm is shown Wednesday, March 6, 2024 along Highway 33 in the Town of Trenton outside West Bend, Wisconsin.
The discharge permits are among some of the only regulatory guides in Wisconsin for CAFOs — farms that have 1,000 or more animal units. The permits require farms to have plans on how to store ...
Smithfield Foods hog CAFO, Unionville, Missouri, 2013. In animal husbandry, a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is an intensive animal feeding operation (AFO) in which over 1,000 animal units are confined for over 45 days a year.
During the 40 years I, Tom Harkin, served as a representative and senator in the U.S. Congress, I saw up close the transformation of livestock farming from traditional farmer owned and operated ...
[1] [35] Many of Wisconsin's family farms have been closing down, due to increased competition from large factory farms. [36] Since 2005, about half of the dairy farms have closed, [37] leaving Wisconsin with 7000 dairy farms in 2020. [3] Rising tariffs on dairy products have also been a major contributor to the decrease in productivity in ...
The AFO classification is meant to apply to all sizes of operations and is the first step in defining an operation as a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO). Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations are facilities that require federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water quality permits, irrespective of size ...
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A farm in Marquette County. Agriculture is a significant sector in Wisconsin's economy, producing nearly $104 billion in revenue annually. [1] The significance of the state's agricultural production is exemplified by the depiction of a Holstein cow, an ear of corn, and a wheel of cheese on Wisconsin's state quarter design. [2]