Massive dairy farms and locals debate: Can manure from so many cattle be safely spread on the land?


Massive dairy farms and locals debate: Can manure from so many cattle be safely spread on the land?


Town of Lincoln - Lee Kinnard’s new barn stretches the length of six football fields. It’s so big he once flew a drone inside to get a bird’s eye view of all the cows.

The family farm milks 6,500 cows in Kewaunee County, where the cattle population has grown faster than anywhere in the state.

Since 1983, cattle numbers in the county have jumped by 62% to 97,000 at a time when the statewide cattle population has tumbled by 20%, according to the state agriculture department....

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Ken Notes: CAFOs are cities and should be treated as such... By the way a "Family Farm" is not milking 6,500 head of cattle. That is like saying Menard`s is a mom and pop store.

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