Hundreds of thousands of chickens are being "humanely depopulated and disposed of."
Hoard your chickens now - before the chicken shelves go Venezuela.
Corporal Sanders, BigPoultry, Ret.
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/23/2022 10:53 AM, bfh wrote:
Hundreds of thousands of chickens are being "humanely depopulated and
disposed of."
Hoard your chickens now - before the chicken shelves go Venezuela.
Corporal Sanders, BigPoultry, Ret.
"More industrial chicken farms around Scio raise community concerns,
backlash"
If permitting allows, Scio and neighboring towns could be home to two
of Oregon’s largest chicken farming operations
BY: ALEX BAUMHARDT - FEBRUARY 28, 2022 6:00 AM
"On a recent Wednesday evening about 60 people living in and around
the town of Scio southeast of Salem gathered in their local community
center to discuss the arrival of new neighbors.
In just the last two years, three area farms sold to industrial
chicken growers who brought with them plans to produce millions of
broiler chickens a year. If established, at least two of the farms
would become the largest confined feeding operations of broiler
chickens in the state, according to the Oregon Department of
Agriculture. Both of those farms would be selling their chickens to
California-based processor Foster Farms, the largest on the West Coast.
Though each of the three farms has submitted building plans to the
county, and one has begun construction, none of the farms has yet
received a necessary state permit to operate.
Some living in the area wonder why producers are landing on this
particular slice of the Willamette Valley. They’re worried about how >> much manure the chickens could produce, whether it would get into the
nearby North Santiam River or Thomas Creek, tributaries to the
Willamette River. They worry about smells, and industrial fans blowing
dust and dander from the chicken compounds into the water and the air.
The producers and advocates contend that running large-scale chicken
farms is better for the environment than a host of smaller scattered
operations. They say that producing at that scale is needed to meet
growing regional and national demand.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat twice
as much chicken now as they did 50 years ago – nearly 100 pounds per >> person per year.
At that Wednesday meeting on Feb. 23, Kendra Kimbirauskas encouraged
her neighbors to write to local legislators to oppose the farms and
the state process for issuing permits for CAFOs – controlled animal >> feeding operations.
Kimbirauskas is vice president of the Northwest Farmers Union and
raises beef cattle, goats, chickens and hogs on pasture near Thomas
Creek not far from one of the proposed chicken operations. She also is
part of Farmers Against Foster Farms, the group opposed to the chicken
farms.
“These chicken warehouses are coming in and they’re really just >> factories, and we don’t have rules in place that adequately
protect people,†she said in an interview.
Kimbirauskas takes issue with Oregon’s permitting process for
confined animal feeding operations. People often get approval from
county officials for the buildings they need before they apply to the
state Agriculture Department for the state permit.
Kimbirauskas and the Farmers Against Foster Farms want more
opportunity for public input before buildings are permitted, and they
want to stop the three proposed chicken farms from going forward.
The producers continue to wait for their state permits. The
Agriculture Department has no set timeline for deciding on the
permits. One application has been in process for more than a year.
The first of the chicken operations
Scio is a town of about 900 people and is the self-proclaimed
“covered bridge capital of the West.†The people there pride
themselves on their bucolic countryside and pasture, according to
Christina Eastman, who grew up farming corn and other crops, then
grass seed, across 300 acres with her grandfather, father and uncles.
“It’s like being on top of heaven,†Eastman said of the rolling
hills and forests of the Willamette Valley.
The area is home to several large-scale cattle and dairy operations,
including one that can house more than 1,000 cows, and many farmers in
the area raise livestock on pasture.
But Eastman takes issue with where the new operations will be built,
along the North Santiam River, Thomas Creek and, one of them, about a
quarter mile from where she lives."
[snip]
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/02/28/more-industrial-chicken-farms-around-scio-raise-community-concerns-backlash/
I think we may be approaching peak NIMBY here. The farmers are >> pissed because there's going to be more farming where they live. LOL
"The Top 13 Chicken Statistics
There are roughly 518.3 million chickens in the United States.
There are roughly 25.9 billion chickens living in the world.
China is the leading producer of chickens, with over 5.14 billion
chickens living in Mainland China.
Iowa is the leading chicken farming industry with over 60 million
chickens.
Iowa is also the leading egg producer.
The United States is the top producer of broiler chickens in the world.
About 305 million hens are used for their eggs every year.
All laying hens in the United States produced 111.6 billion eggs in 2020.
Chicken consumption has increased 540% since 1910.
Approximately 9 billion chickens are killed for their flesh each year.
The number of mature chickens slaughtered is up 7%, and the number of
young chickens slaughtered is up 13%.
Young chickens are less than 40 days old before being killed.
Most factory-raised chickens live under constant artificial light with
less than 4 hours of darkness per day."
IOW We may see a small ripple in the supply here due to the bird
flu. OTOH Hang onto your hats. The Ukraine is a major grain producer.
Chickens are a major grain consumer.
Let 'em eat tofu...................and ethanol.
On 3/23/2022 10:53 AM, bfh wrote:
Hundreds of thousands of chickens are being "humanely depopulated
and disposed of."
Hoard your chickens now - before the chicken shelves go Venezuela.
Corporal Sanders, BigPoultry, Ret.
"More industrial chicken farms around Scio raise community concerns, backlash"
If permitting allows, Scio and neighboring towns could be home to two
of Oregon’s largest chicken farming operations
BY: ALEX BAUMHARDT - FEBRUARY 28, 2022 6:00 AM
"On a recent Wednesday evening about 60 people living in and around
the town of Scio southeast of Salem gathered in their local community
center to discuss the arrival of new neighbors.
In just the last two years, three area farms sold to industrial
chicken growers who brought with them plans to produce millions of
broiler chickens a year. If established, at least two of the farms
would become the largest confined feeding operations of broiler
chickens in the state, according to the Oregon Department of
Agriculture. Both of those farms would be selling their chickens to California-based processor Foster Farms, the largest on the West Coast.
Though each of the three farms has submitted building plans to the
county, and one has begun construction, none of the farms has yet
received a necessary state permit to operate.
Some living in the area wonder why producers are landing on this
particular slice of the Willamette Valley. They’re worried about how much manure the chickens could produce, whether it would get into the
nearby North Santiam River or Thomas Creek, tributaries to the
Willamette River. They worry about smells, and industrial fans blowing
dust and dander from the chicken compounds into the water and the air.
The producers and advocates contend that running large-scale chicken
farms is better for the environment than a host of smaller scattered operations. They say that producing at that scale is needed to meet
growing regional and national demand.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat twice
as much chicken now as they did 50 years ago – nearly 100 pounds per person per year.
At that Wednesday meeting on Feb. 23, Kendra Kimbirauskas encouraged
her neighbors to write to local legislators to oppose the farms and
the state process for issuing permits for CAFOs – controlled animal feeding operations.
Kimbirauskas is vice president of the Northwest Farmers Union and
raises beef cattle, goats, chickens and hogs on pasture near Thomas
Creek not far from one of the proposed chicken operations. She also is
part of Farmers Against Foster Farms, the group opposed to the chicken
farms.
“These chicken warehouses are coming in and they’re really just factories, and we don’t have rules in place that adequately
protect people,†she said in an interview.
Kimbirauskas takes issue with Oregon’s permitting process for confined animal feeding operations. People often get approval from
county officials for the buildings they need before they apply to the
state Agriculture Department for the state permit.
Kimbirauskas and the Farmers Against Foster Farms want more
opportunity for public input before buildings are permitted, and they
want to stop the three proposed chicken farms from going forward.
The producers continue to wait for their state permits. The
Agriculture Department has no set timeline for deciding on the
permits. One application has been in process for more than a year.
The first of the chicken operations
Scio is a town of about 900 people and is the self-proclaimed
“covered bridge capital of the West.†The people there pride themselves on their bucolic countryside and pasture, according to
Christina Eastman, who grew up farming corn and other crops, then
grass seed, across 300 acres with her grandfather, father and uncles.
“It’s like being on top of heaven,†Eastman said of the rolling
hills and forests of the Willamette Valley.
The area is home to several large-scale cattle and dairy operations, including one that can house more than 1,000 cows, and many farmers in
the area raise livestock on pasture.
But Eastman takes issue with where the new operations will be built,
along the North Santiam River, Thomas Creek and, one of them, about a quarter mile from where she lives."
[snip]
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/02/28/more-industrial-chicken-farms-around-scio-raise-community-concerns-backlash/
I think we may be approaching peak NIMBY here. The farmers are pissed because there's going to be more farming where they live. LOL
"The Top 13 Chicken Statistics
There are roughly 518.3 million chickens in the United States.
There are roughly 25.9 billion chickens living in the world.
China is the leading producer of chickens, with over 5.14 billion
chickens living in Mainland China.
Iowa is the leading chicken farming industry with over 60 million
chickens.
Iowa is also the leading egg producer.
The United States is the top producer of broiler chickens in the world.
About 305 million hens are used for their eggs every year.
All laying hens in the United States produced 111.6 billion eggs in 2020. Chicken consumption has increased 540% since 1910.
Approximately 9 billion chickens are killed for their flesh each year.
The number of mature chickens slaughtered is up 7%, and the number of
young chickens slaughtered is up 13%.
Young chickens are less than 40 days old before being killed.
Most factory-raised chickens live under constant artificial light with
less than 4 hours of darkness per day."
IOW We may see a small ripple in the supply here due to the bird flu. OTOH Hang onto your hats. The Ukraine is a major grain producer. Chickens are a major grain consumer.
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/23/2022 10:53 AM, bfh wrote:
Hundreds of thousands of chickens are being "humanely depopulated and
disposed of."
Hoard your chickens now - before the chicken shelves go Venezuela.
Corporal Sanders, BigPoultry, Ret.
"More industrial chicken farms around Scio raise community concerns,
backlash"
If permitting allows, Scio and neighboring towns could be home to two
of Oregon’s largest chicken farming operations
BY: ALEX BAUMHARDT - FEBRUARY 28, 2022 6:00 AM
"On a recent Wednesday evening about 60 people living in and around
the town of Scio southeast of Salem gathered in their local community
center to discuss the arrival of new neighbors.
In just the last two years, three area farms sold to industrial
chicken growers who brought with them plans to produce millions of
broiler chickens a year. If established, at least two of the farms
would become the largest confined feeding operations of broiler
chickens in the state, according to the Oregon Department of
Agriculture. Both of those farms would be selling their chickens to
California-based processor Foster Farms, the largest on the West Coast.
Though each of the three farms has submitted building plans to the
county, and one has begun construction, none of the farms has yet
received a necessary state permit to operate.
Some living in the area wonder why producers are landing on this
particular slice of the Willamette Valley. They’re worried about how >> much manure the chickens could produce, whether it would get into the
nearby North Santiam River or Thomas Creek, tributaries to the
Willamette River. They worry about smells, and industrial fans blowing
dust and dander from the chicken compounds into the water and the air.
The producers and advocates contend that running large-scale chicken
farms is better for the environment than a host of smaller scattered
operations. They say that producing at that scale is needed to meet
growing regional and national demand.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat twice
as much chicken now as they did 50 years ago – nearly 100 pounds per >> person per year.
At that Wednesday meeting on Feb. 23, Kendra Kimbirauskas encouraged
her neighbors to write to local legislators to oppose the farms and
the state process for issuing permits for CAFOs – controlled animal >> feeding operations.
Kimbirauskas is vice president of the Northwest Farmers Union and
raises beef cattle, goats, chickens and hogs on pasture near Thomas
Creek not far from one of the proposed chicken operations. She also is
part of Farmers Against Foster Farms, the group opposed to the chicken
farms.
“These chicken warehouses are coming in and they’re really just >> factories, and we don’t have rules in place that adequately
protect people,†she said in an interview.
Kimbirauskas takes issue with Oregon’s permitting process for
confined animal feeding operations. People often get approval from
county officials for the buildings they need before they apply to the
state Agriculture Department for the state permit.
Kimbirauskas and the Farmers Against Foster Farms want more
opportunity for public input before buildings are permitted, and they
want to stop the three proposed chicken farms from going forward.
The producers continue to wait for their state permits. The
Agriculture Department has no set timeline for deciding on the
permits. One application has been in process for more than a year.
The first of the chicken operations
Scio is a town of about 900 people and is the self-proclaimed
“covered bridge capital of the West.†The people there pride
themselves on their bucolic countryside and pasture, according to
Christina Eastman, who grew up farming corn and other crops, then
grass seed, across 300 acres with her grandfather, father and uncles.
“It’s like being on top of heaven,†Eastman said of the rolling
hills and forests of the Willamette Valley.
The area is home to several large-scale cattle and dairy operations,
including one that can house more than 1,000 cows, and many farmers in
the area raise livestock on pasture.
But Eastman takes issue with where the new operations will be built,
along the North Santiam River, Thomas Creek and, one of them, about a
quarter mile from where she lives."
[snip]
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/02/28/more-industrial-chicken-farms-around-scio-raise-community-concerns-backlash/
I think we may be approaching peak NIMBY here. The farmers are >> pissed because there's going to be more farming where they live. LOL
"The Top 13 Chicken Statistics
There are roughly 518.3 million chickens in the United States.
There are roughly 25.9 billion chickens living in the world.
China is the leading producer of chickens, with over 5.14 billion
chickens living in Mainland China.
Iowa is the leading chicken farming industry with over 60 million
chickens.
Iowa is also the leading egg producer.
The United States is the top producer of broiler chickens in the world.
About 305 million hens are used for their eggs every year.
All laying hens in the United States produced 111.6 billion eggs in 2020.
Chicken consumption has increased 540% since 1910.
Approximately 9 billion chickens are killed for their flesh each year.
The number of mature chickens slaughtered is up 7%, and the number of
young chickens slaughtered is up 13%.
Young chickens are less than 40 days old before being killed.
Most factory-raised chickens live under constant artificial light with
less than 4 hours of darkness per day."
IOW We may see a small ripple in the supply here due to the bird
flu. OTOH Hang onto your hats. The Ukraine is a major grain producer.
Chickens are a major grain consumer.
Let 'em eat tofu...................and ethanol.
On 3/23/2022 5:37 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/23/2022 10:53 AM, bfh wrote:
Hundreds of thousands of chickens are being "humanely depopulated
and disposed of."
Hoard your chickens now - before the chicken shelves go Venezuela.
Corporal Sanders, BigPoultry, Ret.
"More industrial chicken farms around Scio raise community
concerns, backlash"
If permitting allows, Scio and neighboring towns could be home to
two of Oregon’s largest chicken farming operations
BY: ALEX BAUMHARDT - FEBRUARY 28, 2022 6:00 AM
"On a recent Wednesday evening about 60 people living in and around
the town of Scio southeast of Salem gathered in their local
community center to discuss the arrival of new neighbors.
In just the last two years, three area farms sold to industrial
chicken growers who brought with them plans to produce millions of
broiler chickens a year. If established, at least two of the farms
would become the largest confined feeding operations of broiler
chickens in the state, according to the Oregon Department of
Agriculture. Both of those farms would be selling their chickens to
California-based processor Foster Farms, the largest on the West
Coast.
Though each of the three farms has submitted building plans to the
county, and one has begun construction, none of the farms has yet
received a necessary state permit to operate.
Some living in the area wonder why producers are landing on this
particular slice of the Willamette Valley. They’re worried
about how much manure the chickens could produce, whether it would
get into the nearby North Santiam River or Thomas Creek,
tributaries to the Willamette River. They worry about smells, and
industrial fans blowing dust and dander from the chicken compounds
into the water and the air.
The producers and advocates contend that running large-scale
chicken farms is better for the environment than a host of smaller
scattered operations. They say that producing at that scale is
needed to meet growing regional and national demand.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat
twice as much chicken now as they did 50 years ago – nearly
100 pounds per person per year.
At that Wednesday meeting on Feb. 23, Kendra Kimbirauskas
encouraged her neighbors to write to local legislators to oppose
the farms and the state process for issuing permits for CAFOs
– controlled animal feeding operations.
Kimbirauskas is vice president of the Northwest Farmers Union and
raises beef cattle, goats, chickens and hogs on pasture near Thomas
Creek not far from one of the proposed chicken operations. She also
is part of Farmers Against Foster Farms, the group opposed to the
chicken farms.
“These chicken warehouses are coming in and they’re
really just factories, and we don’t have rules in place that
adequately protect people,†she said in an interview.
Kimbirauskas takes issue with Oregon’s permitting process >>> for confined animal feeding operations. People often get approval
from county officials for the buildings they need before they apply
to the state Agriculture Department for the state permit.
Kimbirauskas and the Farmers Against Foster Farms want more
opportunity for public input before buildings are permitted, and
they want to stop the three proposed chicken farms from going forward.
The producers continue to wait for their state permits. The
Agriculture Department has no set timeline for deciding on the
permits. One application has been in process for more than a year.
The first of the chicken operations
Scio is a town of about 900 people and is the self-proclaimed
“covered bridge capital of the West.†The people there
pride themselves on their bucolic countryside and pasture,
according to Christina Eastman, who grew up farming corn and other
crops, then grass seed, across 300 acres with her grandfather,
father and uncles.
“It’s like being on top of heaven,†Eastman said
of the rolling hills and forests of the Willamette Valley.
The area is home to several large-scale cattle and dairy
operations, including one that can house more than 1,000 cows, and
many farmers in the area raise livestock on pasture.
But Eastman takes issue with where the new operations will be
built, along the North Santiam River, Thomas Creek and, one of
them, about a quarter mile from where she lives."
[snip]
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/02/28/more-industrial-chicken-farms-around-scio-raise-community-concerns-backlash/
      I think we may be approaching peak NIMBY here. The
farmers are pissed because there's going to be more farming where
they live. LOL
"The Top 13 Chicken Statistics
There are roughly 518.3 million chickens in the United States.
There are roughly 25.9 billion chickens living in the world.
China is the leading producer of chickens, with over 5.14 billion
chickens living in Mainland China.
Iowa is the leading chicken farming industry with over 60 million
chickens.
Iowa is also the leading egg producer.
The United States is the top producer of broiler chickens in the
world.
About 305 million hens are used for their eggs every year.
All laying hens in the United States produced 111.6 billion eggs in
2020.
Chicken consumption has increased 540% since 1910.
Approximately 9 billion chickens are killed for their flesh each year.
The number of mature chickens slaughtered is up 7%, and the number
of young chickens slaughtered is up 13%.
Young chickens are less than 40 days old before being killed.
Most factory-raised chickens live under constant artificial light
with less than 4 hours of darkness per day."
    IOW We may see a small ripple in the supply here due to >>> the bird flu. OTOH Hang onto your hats. The Ukraine is a major
grain producer. Chickens are a major grain consumer.
Let 'em eat tofu...................and ethanol.
My chickens are holding up "No Vax!" and "Stop the Steal!" signs. They
must be rechicklicans.
Hundreds of thousands of chickens are being "humanely depopulated and disposed of."
Hoard your chickens now - before the chicken shelves go Venezuela.
Corporal Sanders, BigPoultry, Ret.
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