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Media Coverage

 

Television

04/14/08 - CAFO Ethics Controversy

04/16/08 - CAFO Ethics Part II

03/31/08 - Missouri farmers rally against new bills at Capitol

02/08/08 - CAFO's Might See More Regulation

01/29/08 - John Edwards comments on CAFOS in Jefferson City, Missouri

11/25/07 - Hog Farm Opposition

10/12/07 - CAFO Controversy Still Stinks

09/03/07 - Farm Might Cause Stink

09/01/07 - Arrow Rock Hog Farm Gets Green Light

09/01/07 - Hog Feeding Causes Problems

08/31/07 - CAFO O.K.

07/19/07 - CAFO Controversy Continues

04/19/07 - Senate to study CAFO's

04/03/07 - MO Senate debates CAFO legislation

03/05/07 - Farm control bill

03/05/07 - Farm Bill Sparks Debate

02/19/07 - CAFO regulation coming to Legislature

01/30/07 - Raising a Stink

01/27/07 - Citizens Fight Hog Farm Expansion

01/27/07 - Proposed CA-FO Could Cause Smelly Situation

02/25/06 - Opponents of CAFO Near Mark Twain Lake Organizing

 

Newspaper & Web Coverage

05/07/08 - Voices: Donations and comments

05/04/08 - Benefits of factory farms just illusions

05/04/08 - Family farmers feed nation, protect land

04/30/08 - You Animals!: Independent report calls for major reforms to industrial animal farming

04/30/08 - Report Targets Costs Of Factory Farming

04/30/08 - Livestock lobby meddled in study, authors say

04/30/08 - Farming Critics Fault Industry's Influence

04/30/08 - Experts urge U.S. to bar drugs in animal feed

04/29/08 - Report calls ‘factory’ farms a threat

04/29/08 - Panel questions factory-like farms

04/29/08 - Industrial animal farms need to be revamped: study

04/29/08 - Report: Health risks outweigh farming cost cuts

04/29/08 - Final Pew report seeks ban on non-therapeutic antimicrobials

04/28/08 - Harris Takes Factory Farm Issue to Nationwide Radio Audience

04/25/08 - Objectivity missing in news report on CAFOs

04/24/08 - Smithfield Foods to fight lawsuits over hog farms’ stench

04/21/08 - Arrests made at protest of S.D. hog farm after road blocked

04/18/08 - Tribal members protest in S. Dakota over planned hog farm

04/17/08 - Immigration Sweep Ends in 280 Arrests at 5 Plants

04/17/08 - New study advances method to make energy from farm waste

04/12/08 - Guest column: CAFO doesn’t have to be bad word

03/25/08 - Stopping the stink; legislation awaits senate passage

03/21/08 - More CAFO in Attorney General race

03/21/08 - What’s a CAFO? Jeff Harris will tell you

03/20/08 - Harris’ Farm Fight Misfires On Donnelly

03/20/08 - Environmental Battlefields in Missouri

03/19/08 - Energy and Commerce Leaders Question EPA on Agriculture Pollution Exemption

03/14/08 - Amber Waves of Green

03/11/08 - Rural Media Shift

03/07/08 - Hearing for CAFO near Roaring River rescheduled for June w/ Roaring River opening day slide show

03/05/08 - Harris Calls For Local Control of CAFOs

03/01/08 - Missouri bills would restrict CAFOs, subject them to local approval

02/29/08 - Red flags fly around CAFOs

02/29/08 - In Our View: Bill gives boot to CAFOs

02/20/08 - Court Order on Ark. Chicken Waste Sought

02/19/08 - What a load of manure

02/15/08 - Government subsidizing manure lagoons

02/14/08 - Animals and staph

02/11/08 - A Smell That Could Buckle Your Knees: CAFOs Should Be Locally Controlled

02/08/08 - Missouri may tighten air rules on feed operations

02/08/08 - Odor rules may not pass sniff test

02/07/08 - Expanded regulations for large animal farms

02/01/08 - CDC Pins Name on Slaughterhouse Illness

02/01/08 - Blunt, Childers and CAFOs

01/31/08 - Investigation of Progressive Inflammatory Neuropathy Among Swine Slaughterhouse Workers

01/31/08 - Harris bill would provide for local control of CAFOs

01/29/08 - Bill would give neighbors voice on CAFOs

01/28/08 - Tyson, Premium Standard Farms, and MOArk say: Just call us cowbirds

01/25/08 - Something Stinks

01/17/08 - Research finds link between hogs, MRSA infections

01/16/08 - Chicken farm plans rankle Benton neighbors

01/13/08 - In the Farm Bill, a Creature From the Black Lagoon?

01/09/08 - Hearing for Eagle Rock CAFO continued

01/08/08 - Randolph approves CAFO moratorium

01/06/08 - CAFO hearing continued

01/04/08 - Clinton’s CAFO tie narrows choices

01/03/08 - What’s that smell? Neighbors complain that factory hog farms are ruining their ways of life

12/30/07 - The Big Stink

12/18/07 - Poultry Workers At Increased Risk Of Carrying Antibiotic-resistant E. Coli

12/18/07 - Pig farm foes turn noses up at expansion

12/18/07 - Supergerms from pigs and chickens

12/17/07 - Headin' for the Last Roundup

12/16/07 - Our Decrepit Food Factories

12/15/07 - MPA Joins Friends of Arrow Rock in CAFO Suit

12/15/07 - EPA tests water at hog farm

12/12/07 - Koster the Imposter Brought Home the Bacon

12/10/07 - State should keep parks, factory farms separate

12/09/07 - Hog farm opponents lose forum

12/07/07 - Nodler bill is a start

12/06/07 - Meat Processors Look for Ways to Keep Ground Beef Safe

12/06/07 - Judge rejects SW Mo. township's effort to block big hog farm

12/05/07 - Judge rules for hog farm, against township board

12/05/07 - Senator launches bill to toughen CAFO laws w/ summary and full text of Senate Bill 738

12/04/07 - Health officials expand investigation at plant

12/04/07 - Bill to repeal village law filed

11/30/07 - Missouri should follow Dade County’s example

11/29/07 - Drug-resistant infections riding piggyback

11/28/07 - In the hands of the people

11/27/07 - Demolition of natural resources

11/23/07 - Dade County passes CAFO ordinance

11/17/07 - Effort to keep CAFO from Arrow Rock mirrors fight to protect parks

11/17/07 - Report from National Trust identifies Missouri’s parks among those threatened

11/17/07 - DNR responds to critics concerned about CAFO

11/15/07 - Students address CAFO concerns

11/14/07 - Ruling on effort to block hog farm remains out

11/11/07 - What’s Polluting Our Rivers?

11/07/07 - New Study Reveals MRSA Bacteria Common Among Pigs And Farm Workers

11/02/07 - Blunt plays politics with DNR trust

11/01/07 - Voices: Hired by the people

11/01/07 - Confined animal feeding stinks to high heaven

10/30/07 - Smithfield Farms Hires Jewell Patek as Lobbyist

10/29/07 - CAFO panel's makeup panned

10/25/07 - Raising a stink - Iowans worry hog farms’ smells are damaging home values, business prospects

10/24/07 - Missouri residents protest confined-animal feeding near river

10/23/07 - Hog-producing company says it’s in growth mode

10/21/07 - Arrow Rock groups hire KC lawyer

10/20/07 - Carol Stark: Neighbors may be only defense

10/19/07 - Knox Co. changes CAFO ordinance, grants two permits

10/19/07 - With Farm Bureau friends, you don’t need enemies

10/17/07 - Antibiotic Resistant Staph

10/16/07 - MU student honored for Tribune article

10/14/07 - Guest column: Farmers aren't the problem

10/13/07 - Hog farm opponents bring suit

10/13/07 - Suit brought over manure fumes

10/12/07 - CAFO opponents file suit against DNR, Childers

10/12/07 - CAFO foes back lawsuit

10/12/07 - Commissioners to petition Blunt to suspend Sen. Bill 22

10/11/07 - Lawsuit challenges indoor hog farm near Arrow Rock

10/10/07 - A Tale of Two Counties

10/05/07 - Blunt won't change course on Arrow Rock

10/3/07 - Knox County Commissioners Visited By CAFO

10/01/07 - Nixon wants reversal on Arrow Rock

10/02/07 - Blunt presses for assistance to vet students

10/02/07 - 2:43 p.m. Richland Township granted extension in Kenoma CAFO suit

10/01/07 - Politics or Public Policy? Jay Nixon Blasts the DNR and the Corps of Engineers

09/30/07 - Nixon sounds alarm over DNR

09/29/07 - CAFO foes face ‘uphill battle’ w/ records of contributions made to Matt Blunt

09/29/07 - In our view: Voting booth powerful tool

09/28/07 - CAFO pollution isn't the big problem. Political pollution -- there's the real trouble.

09/28/07 - Speech by MO Attorney General Jay Nixon at the annual meeting of the Missouri Parks Association

09/27/07 - CAFO health regulation revoked

09/25/07 - Nutrient runoff deforming frogs

09/23/07 - Locals upset by Plaster petition

09/21/07 - America doesn't need agribusiness

09/20/07 - Where Our Legislators Stand on CAFOs

09/20/07 - Farmer shows environmental effort

09/20/07 - This Just In: Arrow Rock, MO, pop. 79, Matters

09/18/07 - In our view: People need a champion

09/18/07 - Hog manure spills into creek near Hannibal

09/18/07 - DNR ... And Others ... Determined to see Roaring River CAFO Realized

09/16/07 - Opponents of CAFO challenge permit

09/16/07 - Comic Strip - "Mutts"

09/14/07 - Opponents of chicken operation near park fight operating permit

09/09/07 - Up Against the Big Boys

09/05/07 - "What's that stench?" (first in a series about the brewing battle over CAFOs in Missouri)

09/05/07 - Tyson's dirty water bail-out bill

09/04/07 - DNR issues permit for controversial Arrow Rock CAFO

09/04/07 - Arrow Rock citizens to toughen stand against CAFO

09/01/07 - Permit OKs hog CAFO near Arrow Rock

08/31/07 - State DNR relentless in its support of CAFOs

08/31/07 - DNR issues CAFO construction permit to Gessling

08/31/07 - Voices: Laws govern DNR

08/31/07 - McCaskill visits MME in preparation for farm bill debate

08/24/07 - DNR maneuvers damage Missouri streams

08/23/07 - Changes in human behavior blamed for new ills

08/22/07 - DNR Investigates Manure Release in Taylor County

08/22/07 - Team Tracks Antibiotic Resistance From Swine Farms To Groundwater

08/18/09 - Ozbun constructs CAFO despite stay order

08/17/07 - Northern District of New York dismisses citizen suit against dairy operation

08/03/07 - Neighbors say nearby dairy farm contaminates their wells with manure

07/31/07 - Protest holds up permit for CAFO near Roaring River w/ Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission order

07/31/07 - Roaring River CAFO stayed following administrative hearing

07/31/07 - A Factory Farm Near You

07/29/07 - Water rights revisited; how deep is thy well?

07/29/07 - Discord on Dairies of Dutch Dreams

07/28/07 - Strengthen odor rules

07/24/07 - Missouri ag director visits Marshall-Fenner farm during tour

07/22/07 - DNR officials get an earful on hog waste

07/20/07 - Lawsuits threatened during arrow rock cafo discussion

07/20/07 - State officials hear complaints about proposed CAFO/Arrow Rock group pledges to file suit if controversial permit is approved

07/18/07 - Strengthen Missouri hog farm laws

07/18/07 - Manure money still stinks

07/16/07 - CAFOs benefit the few

07/14/07 - Hogs, chickens, state parks and historic sites

07/13/07 - Support historic parks; say no to CAFOs

07/10/07 - New ag director talks of gasoline, CAFOs, morale

07/08/07 - State evaluation ahead for hog farm proposal

07/08/07 - Hog farm effects on historic site to be reviewed

07/07/07 - Hog farm plan draws review by federal agency

07/05/07 - MoDNR director visits Barry County

07/04/07 - Methane gas in manure pit kills five in Virginia

07/01/07 - CAFO debates prompt agency to call meeting

06/30/07 - In our view: Odor fighters can’t give up

06/29/07 - DNR to host public meeting on Arrow Rock CAFO permit

06/22/07 - DNR meets public--environmental problems persist

06/02/07 - In our view: Counties need controls

05/10/07 - Study Renews Debate Over Sows in Crates

05/08/07 - CAFO regulation - Fleeting promise of state control

05/08/07 - 60 sent letters to appeal ruling

05/06/07 - Lessons in Leniency

04/29/07 - CAFO bill down, but not out

04/27/04 - Missouri hog numbers decline, but the stink still rises

04/26/07 - Mo. Parks Advisory Board hears CAFO concerns

04/21/07 - Time for compromise on CAFO bill

04/20/07 - In response to David Shorr’s editorial “Be Careful What You Ask For,” we are compelled to render the following response: “You Might Just Get It.”

04/20/07 - Controversial CAFO bill dies in Senate

04/20/07 - Senate votes to study livestock farm rules

04/20/07 - Action on livestock farms delayed in Jeff City

04/19/07 - In our view: Counties need more controls

04/13/07 - Local lawmakers predict CAFO bill won’t get OK

04/11/07 - Raising a stink for local controls

04/11/07 - Protect state's judicial branch

04/10/07 - Compromise on CAFO bill is one-sided

04/09/07 - CAFOs becoming MELOs, maybe

04/09/07 - County threatens suit on CAFO bill

04/09/07 - Substitute CAFO legislation draws critics

04/08/07 - Agriculture is too important to be lost in a squabble

04/06/07 - CAFO critics ask health board to take action

04/06/07 - Compromise language makes CAFO bill worse

04/04/07 - Senate ag bill compromise fails to win over some opponents

04/04/07 - Livestock farms bill before Missouri Senate

04/04/07 - Counties, ag coalition reach deal on CAFOs

04/04/07 - Ethanol plans tainted by conflicts of interest

04/04/07 - Potential deal over farming regulations draws criticism

04/04/07 - Potential farming deal draws flak

04/03/07 - Groups still debating farm bill

04/03/07 - CAFO regulation debate begins

04/03/07 - Senator seeks to decrease local power in governing animal farms

04/01/07 - New draft of CAFO bill gains favor

03/25/07 - Don’t buy corporate attack on rural life

03/24/07 - Political hot potato heats up for CAFO bill

03/24/07 - Local environmental group joins opponents of CAFO bill

03/24/07 - Opponents of Roaring River CAFO file appeal

03/23/07 - Battles continue on many fronts

03/23/07 - Group appeals to commission to regulate CAFOs

03/19/07 - CAFO bill in current form is bad for state

03/19/07 - CAFOs - Hello, Mr. Boatright

03/13/07 - CAFO hog farmers explain their operation

03/11/07 - FDA must nix cattle antibiotic

03/09/07 - As farm numbers dwindle, Farm Bureau influence broadens

03/08/07 - Cattle operation files CAFO plans

03/08/07 - CAFO: Money where the mouth is?

03/08/07 - Chicken CAFO draws fire

03/08/07 - Ham Hill Farms continues legacy begun in 1957 by 'Jiggs' Sandidge

03/06/07 - Filibuster pledged against CAFO bill

03/05/07 - Supporters and Opponents of Farm Bill Make Their Cases to Senators

03/05/07 - Barnitz splits with Shoemyer on CAFO bill

03/04/07 - Health ordinances divide farmers, counties

03/04/07 - There are no easy answers on CAFOs

03/04/07 - Panel approves statewide controls for CAFOs

03/04/07 - Controversial chicken farm gets permit

03/04/07 - Dueling standards split farm

03/02/07 - Hog owner, homeowners in air war

03/02/07 - State grants permit for 65,000-chicken CAFO

03/01/07 - Strong Local Government Good for Ag

03/01/07 - Missouri Farm and Food Preservation Act is a bellwether for livestock agriculture

02/28/07 - In our view: Missouri’s back yards at risk

02/28/07 - CAFO wars: The Ferrell factor

02/27/07 - Farms contribute to superbugs’ rise

02/27/07 - Missouri officials disagree over limits on local control

02/26/07 - Chicken farmers enter debate over CAFOs

02/26/07 - Arrow Rock CAFO bill introduced in legislature

02/26/07 - Chicken coop plan near park draws ire

02/26/07 - Groups propose 'halo' buffer zones

02/25/07 - ‘Farm Protection' controversy headed to committee

02/25/07 - Web site tells how to handle smelly farms

02/25/07 - State panel to sniff around a CAFO before vote

02/25/07 - State lawmakers seeking to pre-empt local control

02/22/07 - CAFO buffer bill on meeting agenda

02/21/07 - Report Blames Factory Farms for Bird Flu

02/21/07 - Panel delays action on CAFOs near parks

02/20/07 - In our view: More CAFO controls needed

02/20/07 - CAFO regulation: A moment of truth

02/19/07 - Communities must pass own rules for CAFOs

02/19/07 - Ag bill pits local vs. state control

02/18/07 - Lawmakers address problems of CAFOs

02/18/07 - Arrow Rock in forefront of odor fight

02/16/07 - Proposed legislation may provide buffer between CAFOs and state parks, historic sites

02/16/07 - Bill ignoring ‘small’ CAFOs a big problem

02/13/07 - CAFO concerns about to be aired

02/11/07 - State park advocates frustrated in livestock fights

02/09/07 - Corporate-funded science stinks

02/05/07 - Local Residents, park supporters upset with plan for chicken farm

02/05/07 - Hog futures...and you

02/05/07 - Factory farms find a friend

02/05/07 - What's going on with the CAFO issue?

02/04/07 - Law would relieve CAFOs of local rules

02/03/07 - Keep tough local regulations on animal-feeding operations

02/03/07 - Residents, park advocates worry about chicken farm

02/02/07 - County health board hears about CAFO

02/02/07 - Corporate ag’s big lie won’t fix big stink

02/02/07 - Better regulations needed to protect towns, parks from livestock farms

02/01/07 - A big stink brews in Arrow Rock, Mo.

01/31/07 - A big stink brews in Arrow Rock, Mo.

01/31/07 - State panel weighs changes to regulation of factory farm odors

01/31/07 - Mo. panel weighs crackdown on farm stink

01/31/07 - Committee urged to pose tougher odor rules

01/30/07 - DNR has limited discretion in CAFOs, letter says

01/29/07 - Arrow Rock buffer legislation sought by group

01/29/07 - Creating a 'halo' - Group wants 5-mile buffer from proposed CAFO

01/28/07 - Arrow Rock hog farm proposal draws ire

01/28/07 - Pig plans spur push for rules

01/28/07 - State control over farming draws protest

01/27/07 - Blunt: state, not local government should decide rules for farms

01/26/07 - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation: Arrow Rock proposal - Part 3

01/25/07 - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation: Arrow Rock proposal - Part 2

01/24/07 - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: Arrow Rock proposal - Part 1

01/24/07 - DNR says public comment option asked by Aull in works

01/22/07 - Pigs Versus Parks

01/19/07 - Lawmakers to wait on CAFO rule limits

01/19/07 - Huge farms would foul state parks

01/16/07 - DNR must clear the air on hog farm

01/14/07 - Here come the pigs

01/12/07 - Piggish CAFO proposal would foul Arrow Rock

01/11/07 - CAFO to add to ambiance around Roaring River

01/10/07 - Arrow Rock residents oppose new hog operation, appeal to county commission for help

01/10/07 - Residents concerned about poultry houses

01/07/07 - Pigs stir up small town

01/05/07 - Water issue dominates Joplin DNR session

01/05/07 - Resident: County needs CAFO measure

01/03/07 - DNR cites dairy runoff

12/14/06 - Boss Hog

11/29/06 - Livestock a major threat to environment

10/11/06 - It's not hog heaven near giant farms

10/01/06 - Owners ditch hog-farm plan due to protest

09/24/06 - Firm pays through the nose

09/23/06 - Factory farms no benefit in the long run

08/25/06 - AG says health boards can regulate CAFOs

08/13/06 - Group forms to fight hog farm plan

07/31/06 - Ranch wants huge feedlot

03/28/06 - Hog farms face fight

03/14/06 - Study finds costly hog waste alternatives

02/10/06 - CAFO splits neighbors

01/17/06 - Big farm limits raise stink with county growers

01/17/06 - Missouri counties struggle to control livestock odors

12/06/05 - Emerson CAFO plans withdrawn

11/09/05 - Clash in the Country

10/29/05 - Pig producer stirs concern with big plan

08/29/04 - The Meat You Eat: How Corporate Farming Has Endangered America's Food Supply