CAFO application withdrawn
Chillicothe News
The application for a Class IB concentrated animal feeding operation, (CAFO), in Livingston County was withdrawn last week, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
A press release from Poosey Neighbors United, state that the document they received from DNR indicates that on April 6, 2021, United Hog Systems withdrew its application
According to the permit application, the proposed Z-8 Sow Farm would have held 10,467 swine and used 12’ deep below-ground concrete manure containment structures to collect and store all hog waste. The proposed CAFO would be located near the Poosey Conservation Area and the Thompson River.
Livingston County residents fear 10K hog farm will have devastating effects
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News of a potential hog farm coming to Livingston County has ignited a year of contention.
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LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mo. â News of a potential hog farm coming to Livingston County has ignited a year of contention. When you re talking 10,000 [pigs], you re talking a daily odor that you re going to smell,â said farmer Bert Wire, whoâs referring to the number of pigs that could be housed under one roof at a planned hog farm in Livingston County.
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Dec. 13 CHILLICOTHE When Andrew Geiser crossed onto the property in March, several months had already passed since he and his neighbors first received letters alerting them that an out-of-town company wanted to bring thousands of hogs to the land near their country homes.
The Livingston County farmer and others in the area had grave concerns about what the concentrated animal feeding operation, commonly called a CAFO, would mean. Trucks going to and from the site could damage the narrow rural roads. Would property values fall?