CAFO

The Oregon Department of Agriculture is seeking applicants for an open public seat on its Confined Animal Feeding Operation Advisory Committee.

With billions at stake, the cattle industry is facing tough questions about its environmental impact. A local attorney is stepping into the fray.

Last month, the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board ordered state officials to rewrite pollution discharge permit regulations for concentrated animal feeding operations, better known as CAFOs.  The order was issued after a challenge from environmental groups that complained that previous regulations violated state and federal law.  The com...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has rewritten its regulations on dairies, following push back from some small farmers.  Previously, the ODA had warned dairy farms that they could face fines if they failed to register as Confined Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs.  In a me...

For years, Idaho has been at the top or near the top of lists of states with positive population increases.  What impact is that increase in people relocating to the state having on the politics and in turn the farming community across the Gem state?  Rick Na...

Last week the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Idaho’s CAFO Clean Water Act permit, saying the requirements are arbitrary and a violation of the law. In 2020, the U.S. EPA issues a CAFO permit for the state allowing Idaho to regulate numerous dairies and feedlots under the Clean Water Act. How ...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday it had received a Confined Animal Feeding Operation, or CAFO, application from Cole Easterday, on July 22nd. This new application came about a week after Cole’s father, Cody Easterday withdrew his CAFO application for the same site, at the request of ODA. The ...

Cody Easterday has until July 15th to withdraw his application for a Confined Animal Feeding Operation permit, better known as a CAFO permit for a large dairy operation at the former Lost Valley Farm near Boardman. The Oregon Department of Agriculture and state Department of Environmental Quality have worked with Easterday since June 2019 on a permit to operate an operation with up to 28,000 anim

The Oregon Department of Agriculture’s CAFO Program has an open membership seat available for one position representing the public for the CAFO Advisory Committee. The CAFO Advisory Committee was formed in October 2002. The CAC membership includes technical advisors from various agencies, representatives from the different types of permitted CAFO operations including beef, poultry, dairy and swi

The 2020 Oregon Legislative session could be an interesting one for the Ag community.  As lawmakers gear up for the start of the session Monday, Cap And Trade has already been presented, making that one of the biggest issues in the coming weeks, according to Jerome Rosa.  ...