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Stronger
laws are needed for the rapidly changing livestock industry.
Current laws in Illinois and in many other
states are woefully inadequate to protect family farmers, rural communities, water
quality, air quality, and property values.
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Families Against
Rural Messes
P.O. Box 615, Elmwood, IL
61529
309-742-8895, Fax: 309-742-8055
e-mail: info@farmweb.org
Online since
1997
http://www.farmweb.org
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Williamsfield/Highlands CAFO reports a fish kill
Inwood Dairy fined $50,000 for waste overflow
Washington Post: New Corporate Welfare? For Big Hog Farms, Big Subsidies; Taxpayers May Foot the Bill for Environmental Cleanup
NRDC/CWN Report: Cesspools of Shame
This July 2001 report from NRDC and the Clean Water Network documents how animal waste from factory farms
threatens human health and our nation's rivers. Most factory farms store animal waste in open lagoons as large as
several football fields. Lagoons routinely burst, sending millions of gallons of manure into waterways and spreading
microbes that can cause gastroenteritis, fevers, kidney failure, and death. This report lists the track records of the
largest polluters and recommends existing technology that is safer and more sustainable.
Summary http://www.nrdc.org/water/pollution/nspills.asp
Press Release http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressreleases/010724.asp
Full Report http://www.nrdc.org/water/pollution/cesspools/cessinx.asp
Attny General files suit over
lagoon at largest dairy in Illinois
02/22/2001: Dairy ordered to cut herd size, and
cleanup 2 million gallons of waste
02/23/2001: Editorial: State should send
corporate farmers a tough message
02/23/2001: Aerial photos of waste dumped
from Elmwood dairy lagoon 
02/27/2001: Rainfall hinders cleanup of dumping
from overloaded lagoon
03/03/2001: Inwood Dairy knee deep in debt,
too
03/10/2001: Protesters: tougher regs and
enforcement might have prevented mess
03/14/2001: State, Inwood Dairy hash out
agreement
05/02/2002: Dairy fined $50,000 for waste overflow
Glaring flaws of Illinois livestock laws
10/20/2001: Editorial: State hearings unfair to farm
neighbors
10/14/2001: Farm or factory? Loophole paves way for 8,000 hogs
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Illinois News:
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06/25/2002: [Williamsfield/Highlands CAFO] reports a fish kill
05/02/2002: [Inwood] Dairy fined $50,000 for waste overflow
01/09/2002: Woodford board told to "do the right thing"
01/08/2002: [Woodford County] Neighbors vow to fight hogs till end
10/20/2001: Editorial: State hearings unfair to farm
neighbors
10/14/2001: Farm or factory? Loophole paves way for 8,000 hogs
09/28/2001: Metamorans declare hog farm 'public health
threat'
09/01/2001: [Bellflower] Dairy developer cited for violations
07/24/2001: Pike County Board says no to sow center
07/20/2001: Over 300 people at county meeting oppose CAFO
07/27/2001: Proposed $7.8 million sow center in Pleasant Hill facing opposition
03/14/2001: State, Inwood Dairy hash out
agreement
03/13/2001: State brings 5-count suit against
Atkinson Livestock Market for pollution
03/10/2001: Protesters: tougher regs and
enforcement might have prevented mess
03/09/2001: Dairy mess almost cleaned
03/06/2001: Dairy cows headed to Midwest
03/03/2001: Inwood Dairy knee deep in debt,
too
02/27/2001: Rainfall hinders cleanup of dumping
from overloaded lagoon
02/25/2001: Rains pose challenge to farm
cleanup
02/24/2001: Dairy cleaning up slowly
02/23/2001: Aerial photos of waste dumped
from Elmwood dairy lagoon
02/23/2001: Editorial: State should send
corporate farmers a tough message
02/22/2001: Dairy farm ordered to clean
up
02/21/2001: [Champaign] County board on record against Bellflower dairy
02/17/2001: Attorney General files suit over
lagoon at biggest dairy in state
01/09/2001: Tyson-IBP merger will harm
agriculture
and public
08/26/2001: Residents oppose dairy plan [near Bellflower]
05/19/2000: Governor's roundtable: Hog odors
revisited
04/22/2000: Citizens stop 3,600-head
dairy!
03/25/2000: Letter to Editor: Farm Bureau no longer
represents small farmers
03/24/2000: IL Dept of Ag advisory to prevent
spread of pseudorabies
03/15/2000: Peoria County Board: Mega-hog farm
meetings automatic
02/13/2000: Capitol Beat [Illinois' sorry
livestock legislation]
01/21/2000: Officials told odor rules
stink
12/24/1999: Petition calls for rehearing of
Supreme Court case
12/23/1999: Christian County casts non-binding
vote against mega-dairy
12/21/1999: State sues Highlands for odor
violations
12/10/1999: Angry dairy foes crowd
meeting
12/09/1999: Editorial: Keep lobbying for local
control...
12/08/1999: Editorial: Mega-livestock court
ruling puts onus back on legislators
12/07/1999: January Hearings on Illinois
Rules
12/04/1999: Mega-hog farm issue not dead
12/02/1999: Christian County Livestock "hearing"
draws hundreds
12/02/1999: Illinois Supreme Court: factories
are
ag operations
09/29/1999: Illinois Supreme Court hears zoning
appeal
09/25/1999: Shift IEPA focus from enforcement to
prevention
09/01/1999: "Dirty Water, Dirty Business" report
on
Illinois Farm Bureau released
08/31/1999: IEPA finds multiple violations at
largest dairy in state
08/27/1999: Editorial: Landmark Case
[Mega-operations need industrial regulation]
08/26/1999: Hog farm case to top court
08/25/1999: Hog farm sued by state over its
'offensive odors'
08/09/1999:
Citizens outraged by low fines for manure
spills
08/08/1999:
Op-ed: Too much waste, too little land, too
dangerous
07/22/1999: Dairy farm source of
problems
06/04/1999: Poll shows opposition to 'factory
farms'
05/30/1999: Op-ed: Agriculture on a one-way
road
05/01/1999: Editorial: Getting a grip on a
nasty
problem
04/03/1999: Letter to Editor: Glaring flaws of
livestock
"agreement"
04/01/1999:
Illinois Supreme Court will hear Knox County
appeal that
mega-factories are industrial operations
03/31/1999:
Letter to Editor: Neutrality is missing in mega-hog
farm talks
03/26/1999: Illinois livestock "agreement..."
"...doesn't really do anything..."
03/26/1999: Negotiators reach mega-hog
legislation
agreement
03/24/1999: Corporate welfare: Bill passes
House to make taxpayers pay for odor control
03/24/1999: Video of Missouri factory
livestock disasters delivered to Illinois lawmakers
03/21/1999: Editorial: Sen. Maitland
Neutral?
03/12/1999: Editorial: Ryan leadership to be
tested on bill regulating mega-farms
02/02/1999: IEPA PR: Lagoon spills have to be
reported [What about other types of storage?]
01/22/1999: Knox
County Appeal to Illinois Supreme Court
01/21/1999: $11,500 fine for Illinois
manure spill
12/11/1998: IL Atty General sues hog factory
for multiple violations since 1986
12/09/1998: Hogs dumped in Peoria County
creek
12/03/1998:
Illinois Fall 1988 veto session
10/10/1998: IL
Attorney General sues hog operation near Peoria
10/06/1998: Elmwood
dairy pollutes creek tributary
09/13/1998: Pig
farms grow--and residents squeal
08/28/1998: Kane
County men charged for spill
08/26/1998: Water
supplies threatened
08/23/1998: Editorial:
Ryan's "do-nothing" plan
08/20/1998: Kane
County spill kills 100,000 fish
08/19/1998: Ryan's
plan for more talks
08/01/1998: Letter to Editor: Factories
flood states with lax regs
07/15/1998: 15
spills so far in 1998
07/15/1998: Fulton
County Board Resolution
07/12/1998: Where
the hogs are
05/23/1998: Session
ends without livestock bill
04/16/1998: Gott v. M'Orr - $2,500 air
pollution
fine plus cease and desist order
12/06/1997: Will Illinois taxpayers pay $500,000
to cover Monmouth lagoon?
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U.S. News: AJR Newslink -
Newspapers by state
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EPA rules on livestock factories a mixed
bag
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NC landmark agreement to replace
lagoons
Online St. Joseph News-Press news
archive about Seaboard proposal to build 2,300-job pork-processing plant near
Kansas City
Green
Acre$
Report: how ag subsidies hurt family farms
Federal court: landmark runoff/clean water
decision
12/01/2001: Smithfield Foods cites certification [on way to phase out of lagoons]
10/18/2001: Three NEJM articles about
antibiotic-resistance and the livestock industry
08/17/2001: For Big Hog Farms, Big Subsidies; Taxpayers May Foot the Bill for Environmental Cleanup
08/09/2001: SC - Emergency Regulations on Swine Facilities
03/29/2001: Scientists fear antibiotics fed to animals pollute streams
03/01/2001: Federal lawsuit filed against biggest
U.S. hog corp
01/09/2001: Tyson-IBP merger will harm
agriculture
and public
01/07/2001: As public health concerns grow about
factory-raised meat, alternatives shrink
12/15/2000: New EPA rules on livestock factories
a
mixed bag
12/06/2000: New legal campaign against corporate
hog factories
08/22/2000: St. Joseph (MO) council tells
Seaboard it's not wanted
07/26/2000: NC - Hog-waste accord reached
to
replace lagoons
07/18/2000: Nebraska hog impact study is under
fire
05/30/2000: Washington Post Editorial: 1996
"Freedom to Farm" bill a failure
05/28/2000: Environmentalists unhappy with new
runoff rules
04/29/2000: EPA expands claims of pollution
violations by Premium Standard
04/09/1999: CBS News: 60 Minutes report on Farm
Bureau
04/05/2000: FEDERAL COURT ISSUES LANDMARK
RUNOFF/CLEAN WATER DECISION
04/02/2000: Milan, Mo., has welcomed a
meatpacking plant and all its daunting problems
03/31/2000: Study tries to alter hog
myths
03/26/2000: Agriculture secretary fears farmers
face 'feudal' future
03/26/2000: Pipestone farm system in hog
limbo
03/25/2000: Renville County's odor ordinance
causes stink
03/20/2000: Rally for Rural America
03/20/2000: U.S.-certified organic cropland
more
than doubled during the 1990's
03/12/2000: Pfiesteria not necessarily greater
risk, botanist says
03/10/2000: Microbe [Pfiesteria piscicida]
reported
to kill fish in lab
03/09/2000: Hidden costs of animal
factories
03/02/2000: Tell EPA to set strong feedlot
controls
02/29/2000: USDA to hold pork checkoff
referendum
02/27/2000: Hog-industry concentration
assessed
02/26/2000: Seaboard considering new hog plant
near Kansas City
02/25/2000: Perdue ends program for Korean
immigrants
02/24/2000: March-May dates confirmed for ten
U.S.
farm policy hearings
02/14/2000: KY Governor signs emergency regs
w/integrator liability
02/11/2000: NRDC/SELC questions EPA authority to
delegate CAFO NPDES permitting to USDA
02/11/2000: USDA to resume testing meat for
illegal
hormone
02/09/2000: Hog hell in North Carolina (UNC
public health study)
02/08/2000: Industrial hog operations appear to
impair neighbors' health and quality of life
01/29/2000: Smithfield completes Murphy Farms
deal
01/26/2000: Study: residents of town near giant
Utah hog lot have 7X more respiratory illness
01/18/2000: Farmers fed up with ag economy [and
Farm Bureau]
01/16/2000: Study links drug resistance to
swine
01/11/2000: Family farm advocate says it's time
to
fight
01/00/2000: CDC: Norwalk-Like Calicivirus Genes
in Farm Animals
01/00/2000: CDC: Campylobacter spp. of Human
and
Animal Origin
01/00/2000: Impacts of Industrial Animal
Production on Rivers and Estuaries
12/20/1999: The New Culture of Rural America
12/09/1999: Comments due March 7, 2000 for USDA
NRCS feedlot nutrient management plans
12/00/1999: New waste regs in some states may
stop
livestock factories
11/17/1999: Senate Won't Block Ag Mergers
11/09/1999: Congress asked to stop farm
mergers
11/04/1999: An outbreak of multidrug-resistant
salmonella
10/28/1999: John Ikerd calling for a revolution in
agriculture
10/14/1999: Bringing home the bacon? The
corporate production/rural revitalization myth
09/30/1999: Justice urged to 'closely scrutinize'
pork merger
09/15/1999: Sierra Club Report: Corporate
hogs
at the public trough
09/02/1999: Murphy to sell his farms to
Smithfield
08/25/1999: Public comments due Oct 25 (extended
to
Nov 24) for EPA runoff guidelines
08/11/1999: New York Times Editorial: EPA
livestock guidelines need higher standards
08/06/1999: EPA's farm runoff guidelines
attacked
07/23/1999: EPA files
massive pollution lawsuit against PSF
07/02/1999: National Survey of State CAFO
Policies
06/08/1999: PBS Moyers Special: Free Speech For
Sale
05/08/1999: NC study links hog factories to
health problems of neighbors
05/03/1999: Corpwatch Image Gallery: Corporate Pigs...hog-tie rural
communities
04/25/1999: Minnesota rally: Farmers concerned
about concentration, pricing
04/01/1999: APA Book: Planning and Zoning
for
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
03/23/1999: Poll: Voters want tougher
regs
03/09/1999: Wendell Berry: Stupidity in
concentration
03/09/1999: Final USDA/EPA
AFO Strategy
03/08/1999: Clinton AFO proposal "a mixed
bag"
03/08/1999: F.D.A. revising guidelines on
antibiotics for animals
02/28/1999: Editorial: From squeal to meal
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02/27/1999: LaHood needs to represent
public
02/26/1999: Smithfield to buy
Carroll's
02/26/1999: Report: Benefits of
Biodiversity
02/25/1999: The new pecking order
02/25/1999: WV AG alleges Wampler cheating
farmers
02/22/1999:
Supreme Court lets nuisance
suits!
02/22/1999: Glickman remarks on state of
U.S.
agriculture
01/26/1999: Senate hearing to examine economic
concentration in agribusiness
01/10/1999:
USDA details
for small farms
01/09/1999:
Bailout expands
12/31/1998:
NPPC requests a bigger bailout
12/17/1998: Hog giants announce plans to
reduce herds
12/06/1998:
Editorial:
Hog hell...those who caused glut want
bailout
12/06/1998: Contracts
masking huge losses
12/05/1998: More
evidence of air pollution risks
11/30/1998:
Time Magazine Report on Corporate Welfare: Empire
Of The Pigs
11/27/1998:
Chicago Tribune: Hog glut
11/25/1998:
Sierra Club blasts pork bailout,
calling it corporate welfare
11/25/1998:
Surprise EPA Deal with Pork Producers
(in middle of public comment period)
11/23/1998:
USDA
to purchase $50 million worth of pork
11/23/1998: Frontpage Chicago Tribune: Dispute
grows out of ban on corporate farms
11/20/1998: Pork
Producers ask President Clinton for immediate action
11/03/1998: November election results
regarding livestock issues
10/28/1998: WSJ: Regulation of Corporate Hog
Farms
Emerges as Key Issue in Heartland
09/28/1998: Despite
the Clean Water Act, the quality of rivers worsens
09/16/1998: Real Audio: Why Hogs
Smell
09/12/1998: Europe's third major swine disease
outbreak
Book:
Pigs,
Profits, and Rural Communities
PBS:
The
Farmer's Wife
07/09/1998: NRC
Report - Antibiotic Use in Food Animals
Contributes
to Microbe Resistance
07/08/1998: New York Times
Editorial
06/24/1998: New
York Times: Hog Factory Growth Divides Midwest
06/08/1998: Sierra Club calls for US moratorium
05/00/1998: Yale odor study
09/22/1997:
Few regulations control runoff
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THE
SOCIAL IMPACTS OF LIVESTOCK FACTORIES
Paper presented at the conference:
Animal Production Systems And The Environment
July 19-22, 1998, Convention Center, Des Moines, Iowa
RURAL
RESIDENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON FACTORY FARMS:
A
PATCHWORK OF RURAL INJUSTICE
Paper presented at the
Soil and Water Conservation Society Conference
February 10-12, 1998, Iowa State Center, Ames, Iowa
ICRP Discussion
Points:
Family
Farms vs. Hog Factories
11 discussion points which can be used to explain why large-scale swine
production facilities are very different from traditional family farms,
and therefore necessitate a much higher level of rules and regulations.
(The Fall 1997 version of
this map
was printed Nov. 12, 1997 on the editorial page of the Peoria Journal Star!
Then it was noted in the Jan. 1, 1998 editorial: "...we used a map purporting
to show the location [and size] of mega-animal farms throughout Illinois.
A
Farm Bureau spokesman later informed us [the map] undercounted them by
at least tenfold.")
Are
Large Hog Operations Good for Rural Communities?
The feature article from the November 1997 Center for Rural Affairs
Newsletter
WHAT'S
HAPPENING?: A State-by-State Summary
Part of a report published in the Center for Rural Affairs Newsletter
Also see: Iowa
Hog Confinement
...lots of useful historical Iowa and U.S. swine info!
South Carolina 1996
Livestock
Regs
LOCAL CONTROL! * MONITORING
WELLS!
* PUBLIC NOTICE!
Summary
(H*3446) Full
Text (H*3446)
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