Speaker G. Mark Mickelson is mingling business with Legislature again. In his ongoing effort to turn every rural corner of South Dakota into concentrated animal…
Tag: CAFO
Feedlot fanatic Speaker G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) continues to press his one-track vision of rural economic development by threatening to take away state aid to…
Keep an eye on the Brown County Commission meeting tomorrow: following the fuss over the Planning Commission’s rejection of a small CAFO permit for Wolff…
The Brown County Planning Commission turned down two hog-CAFO-related applications Tuesday. Wolff Family Genetics raises around 50 show pigs at a time. Owner Jeff Wolff…
An eager reader sends an update from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources listing seven pending Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) applications that are…
Two weeks ago, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources refused to hear testimony from physician Don Kelley on the role of confined animal feeding operations…
Opponents and proponents of stricter feedlot regulations in Bon Homme County are forming a volunteer group to see if they can help the county commission strike the right balance between…
Pipestone Holdings, the same folks who think it’s harassment to say that their pig poop near Mount Vernon stinks, wants to build a 9,000-hog concentrated animal feeding operation near…
Rep. Dennis Feickert (D-1/Aberdeen) and Senator Jason Frerichs (D-1/Wilmot) spoke yesterday at a packed Brown County Democratic Forum. Both men discussed the 2016 Legislative Session. School Funding: Rep. Feickert…
Rural residents south of Mount Vernon continue to find their quality of life degraded by the stench of Jackrabbit Family Farms’ sow operation, which processes 150,000…