Riverview Dairy

MPCA Needs to Set the Right Precedent for this Unprecedented CAFO

Tell the MPCA by April 9 that Industrial-Scale Projects Need Industrial-Scale Review

March 2, 2026

Minnesota’s largest dairy producer has applied to build the first livestock operation in the state to hold over 20,000 animal units. If built, the concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) will hold 18,855 dairy cattle, bringing the total animal units to 26,397 in one facility. This proposed operation is the first of its size in Minnesota.… Read More →

Category: Action Alerts

Tags: CAFO • clean water • dairy crisis • dairy farming • EAW • EIS • groundwater • manure • MPCA • Riverview Dairy • rural economic development

Land Line: Minnesota Nitrates, Glyphosate, Cancer in Corn Country, The Missing Farm Bill, Birds, Big Beef, Riverview Dairy

By Brian DeVore (editor)

February 28, 2026

After Nitrate Lawsuit, Minnesota Opens Farm Fertilizer Rule for Public Comment (2/18/26) The Star Tribune reports that the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is seeking public comment on its 2019 groundwater protection rule, a standard that governs how and when fertilizer is applied. Highlights: It’s the first step in the MDA’s review of the standard… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: ag consolidation • agrichemicals • birds • CAFO • cancer • clean water • drinking water • Farm Bill • federal farm policy • glyphosate • grassland birds • groundwater • meatpackers • monopolies • nitrate pollution • pesticides • Riverview Dairy • Roundup • wildlife habitat

Land Line: Bridge Payments, Food Pyramid, Farmland Prices, Riverview Dairy, CAFO Funding, Restoring Habitat, ICEing Ag, Nitrates in Winter

By Brian DeVore (editor)

January 22, 2026

Bridge Payment Rates Are Here — But Are They Enough to Help Your Bottom Line? (1/7/26) Writing for Farm Progress, Joshua Baethge describes concerns that the aid package being issued to farmers in February to help them deal with damage caused by the trade war will not make up for years of mounting losses in… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: bridge payments • CAFO • community based food systems • dairy consolidation • farmland access • food nutrition • ICE • immigrant farmers • immigration • nitrate pollution • Riverview Dairy • tariffs • trade war

Land Line: Erosion Wake-up, Agrivoltaics, Farm to School, Deep USDA Cuts, Factory Dairy Fight, Farm Aid, New Meat Plant

By Brian DeVore (editor)

June 9, 2025

Soil Health Specialists Sound the Alarm on Continuing Soil Erosion (5/9/25) Despite a “Wake-up Call” warning issued a decade ago, wind erosion has continued to significantly damage soil health in North Dakota, according to Agweek. Highlights: Ten years after NDSU soil health expert Dave Franzen issued a report called “Wake-up Call” that highlighted high levels… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: ag consolidation • agrivoltaics • factory farms • Farm Aid • farm conservation programs • farm-to-school • federal farm policy • Riverview Dairy • soil conservation • soil erosion • soil health • solar grazing

Tell the Legislature: Reinstate the MPCA Citizens’ Board

Time to Contact Lawmakers & Attend a Hearing

February 21, 2023

One of the Land Stewardship Project’s core values is democracy. We believe that those most impacted by the decisions our state agencies make should have a meaningful voice in the decision-making process. Yet, since the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Citizens’ Board was abolished in 2015, agency decisions have become increasingly opaque, the public has had… Read More →

Category: Action Alerts

Tags: factory farms • Minnesota Legislature • Minnesota Pollution Control Agency • MPCA Citizens' Board • Riverview Dairy