State regulators have proposed tightening oversight of large livestock facilities, a move environmentalists worry doesn’t go far enough while some farmers fear it goes too far.
The changes could affect every livestock farmer in Illinois, but aren’t likely to have an impact on a controversial proposal for the largest dairy farm in the state, near Galena.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency recently outlined the proposed changes in response to a report by the U.S. EPA, which found that the state wasn’t adequately regulating concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. Read More…
