This bill is another attempt to weaken local governments' ability to regulate confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), prioritizing industry interests over community health and property rights.

The rearing of farmed animals today is dominated by industrialized facilities known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs (often referred ... the thousands at a single location, animals ...

Gordon Watkins, who's been farming for 40 years and is the president of the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, said in 2019 ...

CES is the earth sciences division of Valmont Industries, specializing in land application of process water, effluent and confined animal feeding operation wastes. Re-use of nutrient-rich waste ...

A group of citizens initially challenged a 2022 decision by the department to renew a water-use permit for the ...

The state of Arkansas is closing an industrial hog farm and will prohibit future large-scale confined animal feeding operations in this protected watershed. In June 2019, Arkansas Governor Asa ...