Comments on: Monday CAFO News http://www.kemplog.com/2006/06/12/monday-cafo-news/ Life and law in Eastern Indiana Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Christa http://www.kemplog.com/2006/06/12/monday-cafo-news/#comment-1435 Christa Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:36:55 +0000 http://www.kemplog.com/2006/06/12/monday-cafo-news/#comment-1435 Because of the increasing size of dairies and the suburban sprawl that many rural areas across the country are experiencing, the odor can lead to a lot of unneighborly behavior--understandbly so. Some microbial treatment systems have proven to be an environmentally friendly way to clean up lagoon water and greatly reduce odor. Because of the increasing size of dairies and the suburban sprawl that many rural areas across the country are experiencing, the odor can lead to a lot of unneighborly behavior–understandbly so. Some microbial treatment systems have proven to be an environmentally friendly way to clean up lagoon water and greatly reduce odor.

]]> By: Cathy Thurman http://www.kemplog.com/2006/06/12/monday-cafo-news/#comment-1101 Cathy Thurman Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:20:14 +0000 http://www.kemplog.com/2006/06/12/monday-cafo-news/#comment-1101 Several members of CAFF went to Continental, Ohio Friday, June 9 to tour the Wezbra Dairy. The first thing I smelled was singed hair - they run a torch over the cow's udder prior to milking to remove any hair fibers. The owner says the cow doesn't mind, but we watched those cows react, and I think the cow DOES mind! This dairy has 1,150 cows (considerably less than 2,200!!) and lots of those cows have no tails. That "rumor" has been confirmed. Cows are not bedded in sand at this dairy - they have a manure separation system, so these cows sleep in recycled dry manure. The temperature was in the mid-70s, and there was a breeze blowing across the separator and the smaller lagoon. It is most unattractive, it smells, and I do not want one 366 yards from my back door. Several members of CAFF went to Continental, Ohio Friday, June 9 to tour the Wezbra Dairy. The first thing I smelled was singed hair - they run a torch over the cow’s udder prior to milking to remove any hair fibers. The owner says the cow doesn’t mind, but we watched those cows react, and I think the cow DOES mind! This dairy has 1,150 cows (considerably less than 2,200!!) and lots of those cows have no tails. That “rumor” has been confirmed. Cows are not bedded in sand at this dairy - they have a manure separation system, so these cows sleep in recycled dry manure.

The temperature was in the mid-70s, and there was a breeze blowing across the separator and the smaller lagoon. It is most unattractive, it smells, and I do not want one 366 yards from my back door.

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