Temporary Ban Placed on Swine Factory Farms on the Buffalo National River Watershed

KUAF | By Ozarks at Large Staff

Published August 31, 2015 at 1:33 PM CDT

Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission has placed a five year ban on large swine factory farms on the Buffalo National River Watershed, after a coalition of conservationists petitioned the agency to do so.

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