I presume you know all about my agricultural background then correct?
I presume you know all about my agricultural background then correct?
FWIW, I know IGW (the OP) in real life. He is most certainly not the type of person that would complain just to be a prick, or complain to get rid of non-problematic cows. I think he was just trying to be thorough in knowing his options up-front if a problem ever were to arise. As a matter of fact, I would say he is just the opposite of what you describe. I think maybe he just had a few misconceptions about what the cattle would do to the creek and now that they've been explained I doubt he is as concerned as he was when he started this thread.
(does farm bureau even exist here?)
...the [farmers] that live in the city and are only in it for the money are the ones that concern me.
I was just quoting from an IDEM fact sheet. It says that if a farm has more than 300 cattle, then there must be an IDEM approval issued. The farm that I used to work for had 100 or so milk cows and he wasn't required to have any approval or any manure management plan.
He also had several thousand hogs and for those he was required to have an IDEM approval and a manure management plan.
I haven't talked to the guy in some years, and it's possible that other regs apply these days, other than the IDEM rules. You might have more up-dated info than I have.