Massive dairy farm under fire amid reports of stomach-churning accident: 'Just like any other industry … you need to be watching'

Massive dairy farm under fire amid reports of stomach-churning accident: 'Just like any other industry … you need to be watching'

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating and monitoring a 100,000-gallon manure spill at a large dairy farm, highlighting the environmental risks tied to large-scale agriculture. What happened? As Wisconsin Public Radio reported, the massive spill occurred near Athens in central Wisconsin at Deercreek Holsteins LLC, a concentrated animal feeding operation with nearly 1,800 milking cows.  The DNR said the spill happened when…