By Associated Press Ashland— The Ashland County Board has voted to direct its staff to develop a proposal for a two-year moratorium on large animal farms amid concerns about pollution from a huge proposed hog farm just a few miles from Lake Superior. Thursday's 17-3 vote flowed from the debate over plans to put the proposed"megafarm" south of Ashland and Chequamegon Bay— making it the first concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, in the Lake Superior watershed. The proposed Badgerwood farm would house 26,000 swine, mostly piglets. If plans are approved by state and federal regulators, the $17.7 million farm would be the largest hog operation in Wisconsin. | Aug. 14, 2015...
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