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Western Wisconsin Town Passes Ordinance Regulating Operations of Large Farms

By Danielle Kaeding

A western Wisconsin town has passed an ordinance that would regulate the operations of large livestock farms.

The Isabelle town board in Pierce County passed an operations ordinance Monday night for concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. Those farms have at least 1,000 animal units or the equivalent of 700 milking cows.

Isabelle’s ordinance requires a CAFO owner to obtain an operations permit and pay an application fee.

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