Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waneva LaVelle pets Finn, one of her goats, inside the Pure Grace Farm barn in Hubbard on Friday. Twice a day, Waneva LaVelle ...

Previously, the ODA had warned some dairy farms that they could face fines if they failed to register as Confined Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs. In a memo from last year, the agency said several ...

Sarah King at her small dairy in Oregon. Sarah King keeps three cows on her small farm in Oregon, each named for Disney princesses: Elsa, Raya, and Mulan. She milks two of them at a time and sells the ...

In Oregon, large commercial dairies follow rules by the Oregon Department of Agriculture that help regulate animal waste. Confined animal feeding operations can house hundreds or thousands of animals.

SALEM — Small dairy producers won’t be subject to Oregon’s confined animal feeding operation permit requirements, as farm regulators have decided against implementing the year-old policy. Without ...

Twice a day, Waneva LaVelle brings her three miniature dairy goats into her barn for milking. The rest of the time they’re free to roam her 17-acre farm in Hubbard, in north Marion County. LaVelle ...