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Planning commission backs Herkenhoff (Rosa Hoff) Dairy expansion with conditions
Summary
Stearns County planning commissioners recommended approval of a conditional use permit to expand Herkenhoff (Rosa Hoff) Dairy’s milking herd to 499 animal units and add barns and a limited‑risk manure storage area; staff recommended three post‑construction and management conditions and the matter goes to the county board July 8.
Stearns County planning commissioners on June 26 recommended approval of a conditional use permit (CUP) for Herkenhoff Central Dairy (doing business as Rosa Hoff Dairy) to expand barn space and increase the milking herd to 499 animal units at the Freeport property now in the county’s shoreland overlay.
The expansion would increase the operation from the existing level to a proposed 499 animal units—described in staff materials as 272 mature dairy cattle, 150 dairy heifers and 66 dairy calves—and includes two attached barn additions and a concrete limited‑risk liquid manure storage area of 20,000 gallons or less. The site is within the 1,000‑foot shoreland overlay and is located at the address shown in the staff packet.
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