Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Committee urges extending CAFO ban

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — The Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee is recommending the county board extend the moratorium on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Iron County for another year after the committee decided more study was needed.

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, sometimes referred to as Confined Animal Feeding Operations, are farms with over 1,000 animal units, according to County Zoning Administrator Thomas Bergman. The type of animal being farmed determines the exact ratio of animals to animal units, Bergman e...

 
 
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