Friday, March 30, 2007

Poor Management

I just read a little snippet in the Hoard's Dairyman concerning a farm in Maine which has fallen into the hands of the EPA. Apparently this 250 cow dairy was discharging cow manure into a local stream. After three separate "Notices Of Violation" which spanned four months they lost their operating permit. Under the Clean Water Act, the farm is now facing some serious fines. These fines could be as high as $32,500 a day and would be back dated to October of 2006. So, they would be looking at roughly $5,850,000 worth in fines. I guess that is correct, I was never very good at math. It seems to me this dairy has fallen into the hands of a poor manager...

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