![]() ![]() ![]() In Oregon, CAFOs are jointly regulated by the state Department of Agriculture and Department of Environmental Quality. We’re good, clean operators and we know what we need to do.” “We’ve operated CAFOs in Washington,” Easterday said. Some 10,000 cattle will also be kept in open confinement for beef production. The dairy lists 8,000 mature dairy cows and 2,650 dairy heifers housed under roof, along with 1,700 mature dairy cows and 5,950 heifers in open confinement. While Easterday Farms has decades of experience running ranches, farms and feedlots in Washington, this will be the family’s first foray into the dairy industry.Īccording to its CAFO application, Easterday Farms Dairy will have up to 28,300 cattle, though not all of those will be milking cows. “It will be a solid, environmentally sound dairy.” It just needs to be finished, and it needs to have the correct management,” Easterday said. The permit would allow Easterday Farms to reopen the dairy.īased in Pasco, Wash., Easterday Farms is a fourth-generation, family-owned business with 70,000 head of beef cattle and 25,000 acres of potatoes, onions, grain and forage in the Columbia Basin.Īs president of Easterday Farms, Cody Easterday said the company plans to invest $15 million in the dairy, including completion of a wastewater treatment system that was never finished under the previous owner and bringing the farm into full environmental compliance. ![]() On July 1, Easterday Farms Dairy submitted an application to the Oregon Department of Agriculture for a new Confined Animal Feeding Operation permit, otherwise known by the acronym CAFO. A new corporation, Easterday Farms Dairy LLC, was registered with the state on March 20. Easterday Farms purchased the property, including the buildings and infrastructure, for $66.7 million in February. The cattle had been sold at auction separately. ![]()
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