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Livestock expansion aided by building social capital
Dec 19, 2017, 16:19 PM
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The CEO of the Minnesota Pork Producers Association says resistance to a proposed hog feedlot in southeast Minnesota reinforces the need to build social capital in surrounding communities.
Circle K Family Farms is seeking to construct a 4,700-head operation near Zumbrota, but has faced opposition because of odor and other concerns.
David Preisler tells Brownfield even though Circle K followed every step of the permitting process, having the project end up in the Minnesota Court of Appeals suggests a disconnect with some neighbors.
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