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Salesman-in-Chief Daugaard Won’t Cut Dairy Promotion

At peril of making my friend Kelsey angrier, an eager reader from my vast dairy audience (you'd be surprised) draws my attention to an April 11 Dairy Star interview with "hardscrabble dairy farm" boy turned Governor Dennis Daugaard. His grandparents…

Grant County Considers Reducing CAFO and Manure Setbacks

Apparently cow poop doesn't stink as much as it used to in Grant County. Last Tuesday the Grant County Planning and Zoning Board received from its study group a detailed recommendation for revising the county's regulations for concentrated animal feeding…

Riverview Offers to Buy Veblen Dairies

Court May Finalize Deal Friday, January 28 Megadairy operator Riverview has made an offer to take the bankrupt Veblen dairies off financier AgStar's hands. According to motions filed yesterday by bankruptcy trustees Lee Ann Pierce (Veblen East, Case 10-10146, Document…

Top Five Uses for Bankrupt Veblen Mega-Dairies

Rumors continue to swirl up around Veblen, South Dakota, as folks try to figure out just what will happen with the two giant, bankrupt dairies that are now up for liquidation. I hear from locals that police have been patrolling…

Court Approves Sale of Veblen Dairies to AgStar

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Charles Nail yesterday approved trustee motions to sell the Veblen East and Veblen West mega-dairies to AgStar Financial's acquisition companies. Court documents indicate that no objections were filed to the Veblen West sale, and the only…

Vista Bid Falls Apart: AgStar Taking Both Veblen Dairies

It looks as if AgStar Financial Services will wrest both of Veblen, South Dakota's bankrupt mega-dairies away from serial polluter Richard Millner and his fellow investors. Vista Family Dairies, a front group formed by Richard Millner and other Veblen West…

Dairy Dozen Converts to Chapter 7; MPCA Nixes Dairy Permit Appeal

The Bernie Madoff of dairy feedlots, serial polluter Rick Millner, is having a very bad week. Millner's Veblen, South Dakota-based dairy management company the Dairy Dozen has been ging through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. On Wednesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Charles…