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<P><STRONG>That is nasty. . . especially if you're trying to grab a bite to eat. But cows are worse. The only thing that would be worse than 1500 cows, would be living next to a mushroom farm (gasp).</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Ellen A. Roskovich</STRONG><BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"J Ford" <privatejf32@hotmail.com></I><BR>To: <I>vision2020@moscow.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)</I><BR>Date: <I>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:58:26 -0700</I><BR>>Cain't be any worse than the stench from the processing pond across <BR>>from the Mall, can it? I swear you can peel paint with that, uh - <BR>>em - crap!<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>J :]<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>>From: "Ellen Roskovich" <gussie443@hotmail.com><BR>>>To: deco@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>>Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:56:23 -0700<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>And would you REALLY want to live downwind from 1500 cows?<BR>>><BR>>>Ellen A.
Roskovich<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>From: "Art Deco" <deco@moscow.com><BR>>>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>>Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:08:33 -0700<BR>>> >Dairies use a great deal of water.<BR>>> ><BR>>> >W.<BR>>> >----- Original Message -----<BR>>> >From: "J Ford" <privatejf32@hotmail.com><BR>>> >To: <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>> >Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 5:22 PM<BR>>> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> > > Ok, but is there NO land anywhere in the area they could move <BR>>>to? I mean,<BR>>> > > as long as they are buying
land anyway, why not here?<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > J :]<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > >>From: "Tom Hansen"<BR>>><thansen@moscow.com><BR>>> > >>To: "'J Ford'" <privatejf32@hotmail.com>, <ttrail@moscow.com>,<BR>>> > >><vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>> > >>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>> > >>Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:28:41 -0700<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >>My guess, J, is that the current facility (at the North Farm), <BR>>>which<BR>>> > >>maintains 200 milk cows, is too small to support 1,500 milk <BR>>>cows, and that<BR>>> > >>there is insufficient
space to expand the current facility.<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >>Tom Hansen<BR>>> > >>Vandalville, Idaho<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >>"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention <BR>>>of arriving<BR>>> > >>safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to <BR>>>skid in<BR>>> > >>sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body<BR>>>thoroughly<BR>>> > >>used<BR>>> > >>up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >>-----Original Message-----<BR>>> > >>From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com <BR>>>[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<BR>>> > >>On Behalf Of J Ford<BR>>> >
>>Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 4:15 PM<BR>>> > >>To: ttrail@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>> > >>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >>Why Magic Valley? Why not here, where they are already <BR>>>located? Why not<BR>>> > >>just update what is here?<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >>J :]<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >> >From: Tom Trail <ttrail@moscow.com><BR>>> ><BR>>> >> >To: vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net<BR>>> > >> >Subject: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>> > >> >Date: Sat, 23 Sep
2006 15:10:32 -0700<BR>>> > >> ><BR>>> > >> >>Visionaires--this article may be of interest.<BR>>> > >> ><BR>>> > >> ><BR>>> > >> >Tom Trail<BR>>> > >> ><BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>Ag News<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>Dairy industry, others, pursue new MV research center<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>By Julie Pence, Ag Weekly correspondent<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >> Mike Quesnell, president of the Idaho Dairy Association, <BR>>>confirmed<BR>>> > >>this<BR>>> > >> >>week that several entities, including his group, the <BR>>>University of<BR>>> >
>> >>Idaho<BR>>> > >><BR>>> >>and the Idaho National Laboratory are pursuing a new livestock <BR>>>research<BR>>> > >> >>cener to be located somewhere in Magic Valley.<BR>>> > >> >>By Julie Pence Ag Weekly correspondent<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>TWIN FALLS, Idaho n Magic Valley, known as the heart of <BR>>>Idaho dairy<BR>>> > >> >>country, could soon be the site for a state-of-the-art <BR>>>livestock<BR>>> > >>research<BR>>> > >> >>center.<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>Leaders in the dairy industry have confirmed that the <BR>>>University of<BR>>> > >>Idaho,<BR>>> > >><BR>>>
> >> >>along with the Idaho Dairymen's Association, the Idaho <BR>>>National<BR>>> > >>Laboratory<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >> >>and other entities are pursuing a dairy facility to replace <BR>>>the<BR>>>classic<BR>>> > >> >>old-fashioned barn on the Moscow campus.<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>The new dairy center would accommodate about 1,500 milk <BR>>>cows and cost<BR>>> > >> >>about $30 million to develop over several years, said Rich <BR>>>Garber, who<BR>>> > >> >>represents the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences <BR>>>for the<BR>>> > >> >>University of Idaho. The facility in Moscow, which <BR>>>accommodates only<BR>>> > >>about<BR>>>
> >><BR>>> > >> >>200 cows, no longer serves the current livestock industry, <BR>>>said Mike<BR>>> > >> >>Quesnell, president of the dairy association.<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>These days, Idaho dairies have thousands of milk cows on <BR>>>each site, and<BR>>> > >> >>most dairies are located some 450 miles south of Moscow in <BR>>>a more<BR>>>arid<BR>>> > >> >>climate. This new paradigm in the livestock industry has <BR>>>presented new<BR>>> > >> >>challenges, and so university and dairy officials began <BR>>>discussions a<BR>>> > >>few<BR>>> > >> >>years ago for a new research center, said Sen. Tom Gannon, <BR>>>R-Buhl, who<BR>>> >
>>is<BR>>> > >> >>vice-chairman of the Idaho Senate Agricultural Affairs <BR>>>Committee.<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>"This will be the first research center of its kind," <BR>>>Quesnell said.<BR>>> > >>"Its<BR>>> > >> >>mission is to study western style CAFOs."<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>The facility would employee about 30 workers and have six <BR>>>or seven<BR>>> > >> >>scientists, he said.<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>Idaho's dairy industry, which<BR>>>is estimated to have generated $1.4<BR>>> > >>billion<BR>>> > >> >>last year, is fourth in the nation for the number of dairy
<BR>>>cows, with<BR>>> > >> >>about 455,000 milkers. The Magic and Treasure valleys are <BR>>>hubs for the<BR>>> > >>new<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >> >>style of dairies. Magic Valley has more than 315,000 dairy <BR>>>cows, and<BR>>> > >> >>the<BR>>> > >> >>Treasure Valley has about 98,000.<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>California has by far the most dairy cows with 1.76 million <BR>>>dairy cows.<BR>>> > >> >>According to Garber, Idaho is poised for another major <BR>>>expansion n up<BR>>> > >> >>to<BR>>> > >> >>25 percent, and within the next few years will move into <BR>>>third place in<BR>>> > >> >>the nation.<BR>>>
> >> >><BR>>> > >><BR>>> >>While cows numbers nationwide have declined by almost 1.1 <BR>>>million head<BR>>> > >> >>n<BR>>> > >> >>that's 11 percent - during the past 15 years, the number of <BR>>>cows in the<BR>>> > >> >>West has increased by 37 percent. Eastern U.S. cow numbers <BR>>>have been<BR>>> > >> >>declining, most likely as a result of specialized, <BR>>>high-producing dairy<BR>>> > >> >>farms replacing the smaller farms more traditional to the <BR>>>Eastern<BR>>> > >>dairying<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >> >>region, while in 11 Western states numbers have <BR>>>progressively risen,<BR>>> > >> >>industry leaders say.<BR>>> >
>> >><BR>>> > >> >>Garber said having a center with a herd more than seven <BR>>>times larger<BR>>> > >>than<BR>>> > >> >>that currently at the University of Idaho will allow <BR>>>researchers<BR>>>to<BR>>> > >> >>establish "real world comparisons."<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>Quesnell explained: "We want to study the relationship and <BR>>>impact these<BR>>> > >> >>CAFOs have on irrigated cropland, and we also want to learn <BR>>>more about<BR>>> > >> >>their relationship to the soil, water and air, and most <BR>>>importantly,<BR>>> > >> >>the<BR>>> > >> >>impact they have on the human populations around them.<BR>>> > >>
>><BR>>> > >> >>"Obviously we are going to be studying the back end of a <BR>>>cow."<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>In addition, Quesnell said, the center will offer <BR>>>researchers<BR>>> > >> >>opportunities to study energy production. That explains why <BR>>>INL, which<BR>>> > >> >>specializes in energy projects, is interested in <BR>>>participating,<BR>>>he<BR>>> > >> >>said.<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>Those promoting the center are looking for funding sources <BR>>>from the<BR>>> > >> >>university, the Idaho dairy industry and the state and <BR>>>federal<BR>>> > >>governments<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >>
>>Proponents plan to approach lawmakers during the 2007 <BR>>>legislative<BR>>> > >>session<BR>>> > >> >>to discuss funding, Garber said.<BR>>> > >> >><BR>>> > >> >>At the same time, dairy leaders are discussing ideas with <BR>>>College of<BR>>> > >> >>Southern Idaho for more classes to train dairy workers. For <BR>>>example,<BR>>> > >>there<BR>>> > >><BR>>> > >> >>is a need for more welding, electrical and <BR>>>facility-management<BR>>> > >> >>training,<BR>>> > >> >>Quesnell said.<BR>>> > >><BR>>> ><BR>>> > >> >--<BR>>> > >> >Dr. Tom Trail<BR>>> > >> >International Trails<BR>>> >
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