A Moniteau County agriculture teacher and farmer who spoke against a proposed county health ordinance on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations said those kinds of restrictions will drive young people out of agriculture. Gary Reichel said he spoke with ag teachers in counties where CAFOs have some sort of restriction. “I asked them (Ag teachers) point blank,” Reichel said. “I said, how has your county grown? He said they haven’t. They’re stagnant, they’re dead, there’s nothing in terms of growth of agriculture coming into a county that has a health ordinance.” Reichel said the next step is to create an outreach program that would allow farmers to work with the health board.
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