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WI CAFO did not violate manure rules

July 4, 2016, Grant, WI – The company seeking to build a controversial large-scale dairy farm in Saratoga was cleared of violating environmental regulations after it spread manure near homes and a prized trout stream, the state said.

Residents and an environmental attorney had filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources questioning whether Central Sands Dairy broke DNR rules when it applied manure on two fields last month in the town of Grant near the border of Portage and Wood counties. READ MORE