Some of you will probably grill me for saying this, but if it would do away with the Belgians and Dutch around here without touching the smaller farms, I'd be all for it. The problem isn't so much the dairy itself, it's the sand haulers and liquid manure going out, the 2 heaviest materials they have. I would be happy if they had to abide by the weight laws as much as everyone else does, provide at least one class A paved road linking to another class A road to get everyone in and out without destroying everything, and maybe if they had to pay for it, they'd think twice about turning it into trash. And maybe a manure treatment plant such as a city has. Some liquid sludge, a lot of dry sludge. My boss went to something put on by a local college. Their figures were that there are 43,000 people in Gratiot county, and 50,000 dairy cows now. Thats fine and all, but a study they did about the amount of manure is comparable to 606,000 people, or twice the population of Detroit. But they can turn a field into a pond with cow manure. Not the problem, the problem is getting it there, 95% of the time with 8500 gallon tank semis or 10,000 gallon tractor drawn tanks. Unfortunately the small guys aren't making much money, but it appears it isn't hurting the foreign guys much, as at least one of each of the many owned by the 3 foreigners are all adding on, paving driveways, putting concrete to keep dust down around their buildings. Not small projects, multi million dollar ones. Buying any land they can to dump manure on. Unfortunately, both of the legislators in Gratiot county are against manure restrictions, and won't listen to limitations on it. As I said, I'm all for the small guys, unfortunately they can't compete around here anymore. As the foreigners take land from them, they can't afford to buy it or rent it at the rate that they will pay. You can hammer me all you want,but I have to deal with these guys numerous times a week, and I won't change my mind.
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