5,000-Cow Megadairy Plan Angers Residents: Lenawee County Water, Sewer Strains Feared
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By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Dec. 18--OGDEN CENTER, Mich. -- Residents have put on their fighting gloves, and county officials are warning of problems in the brewing battle over a proposed 5,000-cow megadairy.
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By DAN EGAN  There is a torrent of opposition across the region to the City of New Berlin's request to pump Lake Michigan water out of the Great Lakes watershed, but that doesn't mean Wisconsin will necessarily heed it.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 19--A year ago, a handful of people turned out to protest a plan to pipe Catawba River water into Cabarrus County.
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Sep. 17--Local officials and hundreds of concerned residents are gearing up for a fight Tuesday in Charlotte at the last meeting on a proposal that could remove up to 36 million gallons a day from the Catawba River.
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Deadly methane gas emanating from a dairy farm's manure pit killed five people, including four members of a Mennonite family, authorities said.
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By JULIAN WALKER; OLYMPIA MEOLA  A group of Henrico County residents took issue with new homes proposed for their area, and they told their supervisors so. Their opposition could cost them more than $5 million.
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Agriculture Secretary nominee Mike Johanns will draw sharp questions from Midwestern lawmakers about the U.S. decision to reopen its borders to Canadian beef despite a second case of mad cow disease in Alberta.
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By Karl Terry, The Portales News-Tribune, N.M.  May 25--Emotions were running high Thursday evening as residents filled the Memorial Building to participate in a public hearing on operation of a sewer lagoon at dairy just south of Portales.
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By Emma D. Sapong, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Feb.
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By JAMES MINTON  ST. FRANCISVILLE - The owners of four tracts for a proposed large- scale development near Lake Rosemound joined Thursday in a lawsuit attacking the project.  A hearing is scheduled Jan. 3 in the lawsuit that adjoining landowners James D. and Laurel B.
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By Richard Dymond, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb. 3--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Some Lakewood Ranch residents are uncomfortable "ratting out" their neighbors who are overwatering their lawns.
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Manure generated on large U.S. livestock farms, which can later contaminate soil and water, has lead to a fierce debate over whether farmers and ranchers should be held responsible for cleaning up the mess.
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By Joyce Lobeck, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Feb. 19--Possible neighbors of the proposed hog farm in eastern Yuma  County aren't quite ready to accept an animal feeding operation in their  backyard even though the company intends to break ground this week.
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By TONI-LYNN ROBBINS; OF THE NEWS STAFF  HERMON - The town has received a community planning grant to research extending public water and sewer into the village area.
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By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Sep. 14--The battle over Kootenai County's rural lands continues tonight as two developers will ask to change the growth plan to allow megaprojects in the countryside.
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Cornell researchers will watch five upstate New York dairy herds to learn about the problems and challenges of converting from conventional to organic farming.