On a 2-1 vote during a Public Hearing Thursday, June 20, the Linn County Board of Commissioners affirmed a December decision requiring a minimum one-mile setback from neighboring properties for new large chicken Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
But the commissioners made it clear that their decision does not apply to other livestock operations such as beef cattle, etc.
Commissioners Roger Nyquist and Will Tucker voted in favor of a motion made by Tucker. Commissioner…