{"id":72558,"date":"2026-02-10T13:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/?p=72558"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:43:48","slug":"a-michigan-dairy-cafo-clash-over-manure-digesters-and-clean-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-environment-watch\/a-michigan-dairy-cafo-clash-over-manure-digesters-and-clean-water\/","title":{"rendered":"A Michigan dairy CAFO clash over manure digesters and clean water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This story was originally published by The New Lede<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GRATIOT COUNTY \u2014 Dennis Kellogg has farmed for six decades, at times raising dairy cows or hogs and now mostly growing soybeans. A lot has stayed the same in the sixth-generation farmer\u2019s sparsely populated mid-Michigan community, but one thing has changed in a profound way. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last 30 years, the area has increasingly become home to large-scale confined animal feeding operations, commonly called CAFOs, which keep large numbers of <\/span>animals in tight conditions. The operations typically produce large amounts of waste. <\/span>Gratiot County, Michigan, where Kellogg farms, now has 24 CAFOs generating a combined total of more than 400 million gallons of manure each year.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m highly concerned about these industrial-sized facilities,\u201d Kellogg said. Living in a region full of CAFOs, he\u2019s seen manure choke local rivers and contaminate land. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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