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Dick Ginther (dickg@develcon.com) wrote:
: Hi,
: 	I live on a 80 acre acreage and life is good.  However, recently
: 	a developer is planning on building a 120,000 chicken raising
: 	operation right next to me (i.e. less than a km away).

: 	This operation would have (4) 60" x 400" barns housing 30K chickens
: 	each.  He plans to dump the manure out on the open field.

: 	Does anyone have any information on such types of developements and
: 	the amount of waste produced by them?

: 	Thanks in advance.


	The Washington Post had an article in the Sunday August 1st 
issue about factory chicken farming on Maryland's Eastern Shore and 
its environmental impacts on the region.   It will be at their Web 
site until August 14th.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/  Search for
the title "An Unsavory Byproduct".


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