BOISE — An environmental group has accused the J.R. Simplot Co.’s cattle feedlot in Grand View, Idaho, of polluting the Snake River and lacking a key permit.
Milk producers convinced state senators Feb. 11 to back a bill aiming to halt spying on their operations, a measure prompted by animal activists who captured cruelty at a southern Idaho dairy on film in July 2012. The Agricultural Affairs Committee voted to back what proponents called an “agricultural security measure” – and what foes .