Excellent letter.



Quoting Neila Seaman <[log in to unmask]>:

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> December 6, 2007
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> EDITORIAL
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> It's hard to believe the No. 1 pork-producing state in the nation   
> doesn't already know which odor-control practices work best and are   
> most cost-effective.That's apparently the case, however, since a   
> state task force is recommending the 2008 Legislature spend $23   
> million to gather more information about best practices for hog,   
> poultry and cattle facilities. Several hundred farms will be test   
> sites on a voluntary basis over five years. Producers will share the  
>  cost for some of this applied research. "Part of the solution is to  
>  have this additional data," said Wendy Wintersteen, Iowa State   
> University's agriculture dean.
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> http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071206/OPINION03/712060360/1035/Opinion
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> LTE
> CAFOs shouldn't qualify for conservation money
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> Congress has long resisted putting meaningful caps on crop-subsidy   
> payments, resulting in 1 percent of producers currently getting 25   
> percent of subsidies. Now there is a move afoot to funnel USDA   
> conservation money to owners of large concentrated animal feeding   
> operations (CAFOs) ("Fight Rises on Conservation Money," Nov. 18   
> Philip Brasher column).Large CAFOs are required by law to build   
> appropriate pollution-control structures. To pay them to do what the  
>  law requires is a waste of conservation money.A better use of   
> limited conservation money is for Congress to fund the Conservation   
> Security Program, which has a payment limit of $45,000, rather than   
> funding CAFOs at up to $450,000 each through the Environmental   
> Quality Incentives Program.Brasher quotes livestock producer John   
> Hall as saying "it will stimulate investment out here in the   
> country." But, do we really want more CAFOs paid for by our tax   
> dollars?- Francis Thicke,Fairfield.
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