CAFOs

The Missouri General Assembly passed legislation in 2019 and 2021 to restrict counties from imposing regulations on industrial livestock operations.

Legislation and programs in Missouri and other Midwestern states are paving the way to welcome large livestock operations by limiting local control over the facilities. Some rural residents worry about the potential pollution and decreased quality of life that will bring.

Environmental groups worry the new regulations won’t be stringent enough, pointing to a recent permit change at one facility.

Looking for ways to fund lobbying and legal efforts to preserve their way of business, pork producers are turning down guaranteed money that could go to advertising in hopes it will lead to voluntary donations of unrestricted funds.

‘Our thought is let’s let it play through the courts before we make any permanent change,’ says a commissioner in Livingston County

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 The proposal was since rescinded, but some believe the debate over CAFOs in Missouri is just getting started.

Franklin County is considering zoning changes that would allow large livestock operations to be built in areas where they haven’t been permitted before.…

The state of Missouri can begin taking over the regulation of large livestock operations from county and local representatives. A Cole County judge last…

Holly Bickmeyer is worried about what a large livestock operation would do if it moves in next door. She points to the small lake in front of her house on…

State Rep. Hannah Kelly is the latest guest on the Politically Speaking podcast. The Mountain Grove Republican talked to St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason…