Judge delivers reprieve to Missouri farmers fighting plan to house 10,000 hogs nearby Jonathan Shorman and Kevin Hardy, The Kansas City Star
Dec. 16 A Missouri judge has temporarily halted the Department of Natural Resources from changing how it defines groundwater near concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) as residents in Livingston County fight a proposed site for 10,000 hogs.
Neighbors of the proposed CAFO northeast of Kansas City sued DNR and the Missouri Clean Water Commission on Tuesday to stop state officials from moving forward with the rule change on an expedited schedule. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Green then barred DNR from moving forward until further notice.