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Marathon County ERC forwards animal waste and cropland management ordinance to state for review after extended debate
Summary
After months of public engagement and farmer work-group input, the Environmental Resources Committee voted Jan. 6 to send a draft Animal Waste and Cropland Management Ordinance (Chapter 11.02) — which includes buffers, nutrient management requirements, and winter spreading limits for medium/large farms — to DATCP/DNR for legal review and comment.
The Marathon County Environmental Resources Committee voted Jan. 6 to forward a draft Animal Waste and Cropland Management Ordinance (Chapter 11.02) to state agencies for legal review.
The draft ordinance includes three main components: a nutrient management requirement for operators who mechanically apply nutrients, new riparian buffer requirements along mapped DNR streams, and winter spreading restrictions targeted at medium and large farms (EPA definitions; medium = ~300 animal units; large = CAFO threshold). Staff said the nutrient management and buffer components would apply to all farms that mechanically apply nutrients; winter spreading limits would apply only to medium and large…
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