Posted by dieseldoc on March 30, 2009 at 11:44:46 from (67.55.218.110):
In Reply to: Re: dairy farming posted by HeyPigFarmer on March 30, 2009 at 11:09:39:
I am not considered a CAFO. I am considered a SAFO because my cows are housed in freestall barns longer than 45 days out of the year. I only milk 100-120 and have about that many heifers but I still have to have a manure management plan and if I do have a manure spill I will get fined just like everyone else would.My manure pit holds 1.3 million gallons so if that would leak I would be in big trouble even though the NRCS designed it. Smaller farms ARE NOT exemt from all the regulations. As far as the big dairies hurting more it makes no difference weather you have 50 cows or 5000 cows you make or lose the same amount per cow in the end. It just depends on how much debt per cow you have.
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