But adoption of the irrigation method is not widespread due to costs, other impracticalities.
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Arkansas Farm Bureau opposes redesignation of Buffalo National River
Arkansas Farm Bureau delegates have approved a policy opposing redesignation of the Buffalo National River to a national park and preserve, a position advocated by two Walton heirs and the state’s first gentleman.
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Buffalo River makes endangered list again
Arkansas’s Buffalo River has again made a list it’s best not to make — an annual report from America’s Most Endangered Rivers.
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Sponsor pulls down hog waste regulation bill for this session
After an extended debate before a House committee today,. the sponsor pulled down the hotly controversial SB 550 to transfer regulation of liquid animal waste from the Department of Environmental Quality to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission. It goes to interim study, which means it’s dead for this session.
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Farm Bureau seeks to cover itself on hog manure bill
When a state representative says she has to read an amendment SHE nominally filed before commenting on it, it speaks volumes about who’s really in charge of the bill to ease regulations on factory hog farms by switching permitting from the Department of Environmental Quality to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission.
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Conflict noted for pro-hog farm vote on Pollution Control and Ecology Commission
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today wrote its story about a topic we reported Friday — the decision by new Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Mike Freeze of Keo to vote in favor of permits for the C and H factory hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed despite having supported the permit as a private citizen before joining the commission. There’s more on the conflict-of-interest front.
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Sign up to protect the Buffalo River
The Arkansas Citizens First Congress has an on-line petition drive fast gaining momentum to oppose industry legislative efforts to protect a factory hog feeding operation in the watershed of the Buffalo River.
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Farm Bureau push for Buffalo River hog feeding operation continues
Legislative lips remain largely sealed, but environmentalists attempting to protect the Buffalo River from factory hog farm waste say they continue to expect emergence of legislation to override the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and clear continued operation of the C and H Hog Farm in Newton County, whose topical application of hog waste can wash into tributaries of the Buffalo.
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Alert: Buffalo River power play looming at legislature
The current legislative budget session is fairly hum-drum, but an expected special session immediately after seems likely to be more contentious. Add hog waste and the Buffalo River to an agenda that already includes a fight over the cost of prescription drugs.
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C and H Hog Farm owner defends operation, says Buffalo River unharmed
KOLR-10 TV in Springfield/Branson landed a rare interview with Jason Henson, co-owner of the C and H Hog Farm in Mount Judea, which is fighting to keep a permit for its factory hog feeding operation near a major tributary of the Buffalo River.