Farms.com Home   Ag Industry News

Farm meeting to be held in Ohio Wednesday evening

Meeting will surround a potential poultry facility

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

The Ohio Department of Agriculture will host a meeting tonight to discuss the possibilty of a poultry facility being built.

Pine Valley Ranch, LLC, wants to build a six-barn, concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) for poultry. The facility would be able to hold about 2.2 million chickens and operated by RB Family Farms LLC and Fleck Poultry LLC.

The meeting, scheduled to being at 6:30 p.m. at the Van Wert County Extension Office’s administration building, will also be attended by Advocates for a Clean Lake Erie (ACLE).

The group believes the western Lake Erie watershed already deals with too much manure created by 11.2 million chickens, 292,000 hogs and 97,000 cows housed at other CAFOs, according to the Toledo Blade.

Chickens

ACLE has said property values have been reduced and "people think twice about investing in a place with the same reputation as the flaming Cuyahoga River and now Flint, Michigan."

In a May release about the project, the department of agriculture said the CAFO would produce about 18,333 tons of manure annually, and that each barn would have belts under the cages to transport solid manure to two manure storage barns daily.


Trending Video

Dr. David Rosero: Fat Quality in Swine Diets

Video: Dr. David Rosero: Fat Quality in Swine Diets

In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. David Rosero from Iowa State University explores the critical aspects of fat quality and oxidation in swine diets. He discusses how different types of lipids affect pig performance and provides actionable insights on managing lipid oxidation in feed mills. Don’t miss this episode—available on all major platforms.

Highlight quote: "Increasing levels of oxidized fats in swine diets reduced the efficiency of feed utilization, increased mortality, and led to more pigs being classified as culls, reducing the number of full-value pigs entering the finishing barns."

Meet the guest: Dr. David Rosero / davidrosero is an assistant professor of animal science at Iowa State University. His research program focuses on conducting applied research on swine nutrition and the practical application of smart farming. He previously served as the technical officer for The Hanor Company, overseeing nutrition, research, and innovation efforts.