The Cooper County Public Health Center Board of Trustees passed an ordinance Friday regulating livestock manure. The ordinance, which was pared back significantly from its original draft, requires a nutrient management plan from anyone applying manure. Cooper County farmer Dean Gibson opposed the ordinance, because, he tells Brownfield, it makes it difficult to use what he considers a valuable resource.
“What’s that going to do with our supply of manure,” asked Gibson, during an interview with Brownfield Ag News following Friday’s vote.
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