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Carroll County officials may increase distance from CAFOs to homes

Carroll County, M.D. – After years of complaints from residents, the Carroll County Commissioners are now considering increasing the distance of confined animal feeding operations from neighbors’ homes.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t help the group of people who came to the April 2 commissioners’ meeting asking for relief from an 8,000-hog operation that is now planning to add another 10,000 hogs. | READ MORE