A quick word about two I admire.
Doug Doughty, Roanoke Times sportswriter emeritus, kept detailed lists and oceans of statistics the old-fashioned way, on paper, long before such information became ubiquitous in digital form.
My late mother, proud of her Scots-Irish heritage, often cited that societyâs thrift as inspiration. âIâm too Scot to waste that,â she would say as the lesser cuts of beef went into the stewpot.
In honor of Doughtyâs respect for the statistical oddity and Motherâs waste-not-want-not counsel, todayâs dispatch is presented.
First, the stats. Just since the beginning of 2021, respondents to this column have emailed dispatches totaling 12,071 words. Accurate count of a separate category of words, those delivered verbally to voicemail over this same period, would require an actuary.
Hundreds of Livingston County residents, alongside environmental and farming advocacy groups, recently voiced opposition to a proposed concentrated animal feeding operation coming to the county. The proposal was since rescinded, but some believe the debate over CAFOs in Missouri is just getting started.
Published May 28, 2021 at 5:37 PM CDT
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An aerial shot shows a concentrated animal feeding operation, and corresponding manure lagoon, in Sampson, North Carolina. September 17, 2018.
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Livingston County farmer Doug Doughty has long been invested in environmentalism, particularly as it relates to agriculture. So when a 10,500 hog operation was under consideration in his community, Doughty jumped to action.
Alongside community members and advocacy groups, including the Missouri Rural Crisis Center and Poosey Neighbors United, Doughty spoke out against the proposed concentrated animal feeding operation,
CAFO application withdrawn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The application for a Class IB concentrated animal feeding operation, (CAFO), in Livingston County was withdrawn last week, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR).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
MDNR reaches Dec. 23 deadline for permit application
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.