A factory farm has agreed to pay the Wisconsin Department of Justice $215,000 to settle pollution allegations.
The Legislature’s finance committee approved the deal unanimously during a meeting Tuesday. According to an analysis of the deal by the Legislature’s attorneys, the deal will settle allegations that Kinnard Farms improperly spread manure in Kewaunee and Door counties between 2018 and 2022, failed to timely submit an engineering evaluation for a feed storage area, and failed to timely submit annual nutrient management plan updates.
The settlement also calls for Kinnard Farms to upgrade two waste storage facilities and a feed storage area.
The Kinnard operation includes 16 industrial farms with about 8,000 cows.
Kinnard Farms owner-operator Lee Kinnard said in a statement last week that the farms decided to settle rather than face a long, expensive dispute.
