Nora NewsLocal news for Nora, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Jo Daviess on edge over mega-dairy- March 30, 2008 By Aaron Chambers and Andrea Zimmermann RRSTAR.COM When Tom Bergstrom imagines a mega-dairy farm near his home in northwestern Illinois, he envisions vast pools of manure contaminating groundwater and the stench of ammonia clouding the air.http://www.topix.net/city/nora-il/2008/03/jo-daviess-on-edge-over-mega-dairy?fromrss=1 Separating megadairy fact from fiction- March 27, 2008 3202008 - I have, at the time of this writing, visited nine dairies, two in California, five of the ten in Fair Oaks, Indiana, and two of the three at Three Mile Canyon in Oregon. All of the operations I visited have been built in the past ten years. Most of what I have learned over the past three months has been positive, but my quest for information will continue.http://www.topix.net/city/nora-il/2008/03/separating-megadairy-fact-from-fiction?fromrss=1 Karst or no karst- March 26, 2008 Nora - A line has been drawn in the Jo Daviess County turf over whether or not a proposed dairy has been sited on land that is appropriate for the volume of manure 10,000 cows would produce if the two sites - Tradition North and Tradition South - are approved by the Illinois Department of Agriculture...http://www.topix.net/city/nora-il/2008/03/karst-or-no-karst?fromrss=1 FARMER: manure pits safe- March 24, 2008 A Winslow pig farmer said Wednesday that clay-based manure pits such as the ones planned for the proposed Tradition Dairies in rural Nora are safe for the environment. How does he know...http://www.topix.net/city/nora-il/2008/03/farmer-manure-pits-safe?fromrss=1 - Decision on Jo Daviess mega dairies postponed- March 13, 2008 Officials at the Illinois Department of Agriculture have asked A.J. Bos for more information regarding his applications to build two dairies near the communities of Warren and Nora in Jo Daviess County. via Dubuque Telegraph Heraldhttp://www.topix.net/city/nora-il/2008/03/decision-on-jo-daviess-mega-dairies-postponed?fr... |