After 2 manure spills, neighbors worry about Wild Rose Dairy expansion in La Farge

[TexasTowelie]

A large dairy farm in La Farge, Wisconsin, has plans to expand operations, causing concern for its neighbors who have been downstream from two manure spills from the farm in the last three years.

Wild Rose Dairy, located on Buckeye Ridge just outside the rural southwestern Wisconsin town, has applied for a permit with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to add nearly 1,000 animals to its farm and triple its waste- storage facility, making it capable of holding about 30 million gallons of waste.

In 2017 and 2019, Wild Rose Dairy experienced leaks that caused manure to spill into a nearby creek, causing about 2,000 fish to die and impact the greater ecosystem.

Both spills were caused by a leak in a manure-transfer hose operated by an independent contractor from the farm, and was running manure from the farm on the hilltop to fields in the valley, passing the water source on its way.

Read more: https://madison.com/news/local/environment/after-2-manure-spills-neighbors-worry-about-wild-rose-dairy-expansion-in-la-farge/article_3e8a95e9-f07f-54d3-9f3f-98ca032a80b5.html

[3Hotdogs]

1. -- reminds me of the hog operation in one of the Carolinas a few years back.

A small leak in the plastic liner led to a methane build-up under the manure pit. As I recall, the explosion sent pig manure 500 ft into the air.

Now if ya never smelled pig manure, besides the initial stink, you will get to revisit the smell of it up to two or three days after you leave the farm.

In my experience, the smell is matched only by that of clam shells, piled in the open summer sun. Ya gotta go to a clam cannery to experience that one.

[mitch96]

2. Oh man talk about a shit storm. and yes pigshit is HORRIBLE. I followed a pig truck thru

Arkansas on my motorcycle. I could not get around him on a small rural road. To top it off pigshit is VERY slippery..
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[George II]

4. For almost a year I lived in Ohio in the county that billed itself "the #1 pork producing county....

....in the state." Driving down some roads could be unbearable. Ten times worse than horse manure.

[George II]

3. Maybe it was just a group of republicans cooling off in the creek?

[Callalily]

5. ALL mega farms compromise the ground water.