Judge rules in favor of opponents of Missouri hog farm
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December 23, 2016
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A judge has ruled in favor of a group of people attempting to stop a large hog operation in Callaway County.
Cole County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Green sided on Wednesday with Friends of Responsible Agriculture, who had cited a state law that requires a four-person majority of the Missouri Clean Water Commission had to approve Callaway Farrowing LLC to construct the animal feeding operation on 20 acres near Kingdom City.
The commission had approved the hog farm by a 3-2 vote because two of the seven commissioners were banned in July 2016 from discussing and voting on the...
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