Stench/Emission Alerts! 
Air emisions from liquid wastes contain hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, particulate matter, and other pollutants. If you notice CAFO air pollution--stench, strong odors that cause headaches, nausea, sore throat -- call DEQ Air Division: 517-780-7898 and email us for anonymous posting to this list: contact-us@nocafos.org

2008

May 22 - horror stories from residents along Sand Creek Hwy who testified at a CAFO hearing in Hudson and reported intense emissions, day after day for a month -- dust, airborne fecal particles, sickening stench inside their houses -- from Chesterfield Dairy in Lyons, OH, hauling to several fields in Michigan. Fields were spread with liquid waste for 11 days in late April and early May, then again this week. Neighbors report sore throats, headaches, nausea from an inversion holding the emissions over their houses. Some animals were sickened. Most days 4-5 waste haulers were operating, 6 a.m. to dusk. Both fields are upslope of Nile Creek, which drains to Black Creek and the River Raisin. Chesterfield also hauled liquid waste to Seneca Twp, to a field crossed by Sanborn Drain which flows to Silver Creek and Bean/Tiffin/Maumee watershed. Again, 4-5 tractors and waste tankers were operating for 8 days straight.

May 5 - emissions from Hartland Farms surface application of animal waste on Hughes Hwy south of Beecher Road is "unbearable," a neighbor writes. "We had to stop farming because of the emissions. I instantly had burning sinuses, headache, sore throat, cough."

April 25 - manure-spraying all over the place, emissions coming from many directions. In warm high winds, the stench seeps and gathers in many residents' houses, causing headaches, watery eyes, dizziness. At Hudson City limits, ferocious stench from Vreba-Hoff applications on Munson Hwy, just south of M-34. East of Hudson, "I couldn't work in the garden, had to leave the house, the stink just got worse and worse in there." West of Hudson, Nye Rd and M-34, Vreba-Hoff/Waldron manure reeks. Residents across the road have been suffering for days, "It just makes you sick." North of Hudson, Bleich is draglining both sides of US 127. Northeast of Hudson, Hartland Farms is applying on Glen Hill Hwy north of Forrester Road, draglining north of Plank Rd, north of the facility, south of facility, south of Beecher east of Hughes, north of Cadmus; and New Flevo is draglining from 4 semis on Rome Road east of Glen Hill. Near Clayton, Hoffland is draglining northeast of facility near Tomer and Whaley Roads, and Bakerlads is applying east of Morey south of Beecher Road. Also, Vreba Hoff I applying along Canandaigua Road, and along Packard south side east of Hughes. Chesterfield Dairy from Ohio is still applying on Clement Hwy in Michigan.

April 23 - horrendous stench in several areas: Bakerlads spraying liquid manure, field is black, hard to breathe, at Beecher and Morey Hwy. "Feculent stench" on Union Rd. from 7:30 pm on from Vreba Hoff/Waldron Dairy spreading liquid manure on the corner of Nye and M 34 on the south side of the road. Neighbor reports, "All the trees on the property line have been cut down in the last several months and the remaining tree limbs have been burning today and into this evening adding to the visible air pollution. It's an amazing look at modern agriculture, burning trees and liquid waste all on the same fields. It's only going to get worse when Waldron becomes as large as Vreba Hoff 1 and 2. Same owners, same shit. Windows had to be closed to keep it out of the house as much as possible. We were unable to sit outside and enjoy this fine spring evening due to stench. This is a great way to devitalize the rural areas."

week of April 14 - neighbors report Chesterfield Dairy in Lyons, OH (which receives Vreba-Hoff manure) is transporting manure back to Michigan, spraying in Seneca Twp. Numerous complaints from residents to ECCSCM and local officials.

April 12, 13 - with north wind, intense stench from Vreba-Hoff reaching Lime Lake residents. "It's happening again..." one email says, "...rancid emissions."

March 3 - rain started late morning. Almost immediately, Hartland Farms manure was discharging to Bear Creek from Hughes Hwy application, Bakerlads manure was discharging to South Branch of the River Raisin from Cadmus & Morey application, road is flooded, and Bakerlads are still spreading, in the rain.

March 2 - with rain and snowmelt predicted for tomorrow, numerous CAFO applications of waste, including Bakerlad Farms s. side of Cadmus w. of Morey; Marvin Farms along Beecher w. of Benner Hwy near pond. On Saturday March 1, Chesterfield Dairy was stockpiling waste with dump trucks at corner of Mulberry and Sand Creek Hwy (property recently purchased by Midwest Ag Investments LLC, with the address at the Vreba-Hoff office in Wauseon Ohio). Last week, Hartland Farms applied waste east side of Hughes north of Cadmus.

Feb 21 - Hartland Farms applying manure on frozen ground east side of Huges, north of Cadmus. The field drains to Bear Creek, Lake Hudson.

Feb 7 - Lyons, OH, just east of CR-M and CR-13, manure sprayed on frozen, flooded ground. Notes from neighbors: "There was a mountain of megacrap stacked up in the center of the field"... "Recently learned the megamanure is being sprayed onto the field while the tractor drives through the ponded water on the field - i.e. the flooded frozen field. For the last two days there has been major flooding across the northern portion of the State (Ohio). Hancock County has issued a Level 3 advisory which means NO ONE is allowed to enter the county (due to the flooding). Presently there are several major rivers that are 5' above flood stage level. Blanchard River, Tiffin River, Maumee River, Portage River. Also River Raisin in Michigan, and St. Joseph River (originating in Indiana) are also above flood levels."

2007

Nov 19 through Thanksgiving - stench from Bakerlads surface application of slurry/solids on soybean stubble with no incorporation. Waste within 50 feet of several homes, Skinner and Plank Rds. -- "about as unneighborly as a farmer can get to do this to neighbors the week of thanksgiving. Instead of celebrating the harvest, [they] had to endure toxic waste." Application resulted in a discharge to the South Branch of the River Raisin.

Nov 5 - Veteran's Day holiday - DEQ out of office, Waldron Dairy hauling in RAIN, Packard and Munson.

Nov 3 - Hartland Farms spreading with semis at Dowling and Beecher, not incorporated after 3 days. Stench downwind.

Oct 10 - beautiful cool fall day & "it's impossible to work outside downwind" from Hartland Farms manure DUMPING, huge heaps in the field dumped from dump trucks at M-34 and Dowling. Dump trucks are hauling load after load, Hughes to Cadmus to Dowling, driving into the center of the field, dumping heaps. This stench and dumping repeats the unforgivable mess of last year, bottom-of-the-lagoon, worst foulness & putrescence imaginable (same truck-dumping on the same field -- see Sept. 15, 16, 2006 entry & photos below).

Oct 9 - horrendous emissions from Hartland Farms waste application along Beecher at Hughes --"terrible stink came right in the car, stank bad for at least 2 miles, had to open the windows and drive another 2 miles to air out the car. Think of the people living near that field. Who could breathe? Don't we have the right to breathe anymore?"

Sept 29 - Waldron Dairy spraying waste east of US-127 along Ridgeville Rd.  Intense emissions in that vicinity.

Sept 26-28 - Bakerlads STILL (see Sept 22-23) spraying the field at the corner of Beecher and Morey Hwy.  Horrible emissions, one house completely surrounded by black fields.

Sept 24 - Hartland Farms spraying all over the place: at Dowling and M-34 AGAIN (see July 13, July 25-26). Awful emissions downwind. Dowling Hwy pulverized to sand pits at several locations from the heavy hauling and dry conditions. Also spreading east of Hughes south of Beecher and surface applying at the corner of Henning and Beecher. Bruinsma applying liquid waste with drag line on NE corner of Seneca and Ridgeville.  Vreba-Hoff tractor with yellow manure tanker at the top of the satellite lagoon on Packard between and 7 and 7:30 this evening. Putting in or taking out? All this spreading right before a rain, go figure. New Flevo has surface applied on the south side of Forrester Road from Wilkinson Hwy all the way to the facility, almost a 1/2 mile. Also surface applying south side of Forrester east of Hawkins Hwy. Bakerlads is surface applying again (see Aug 13 below) northwest corner of Beecher and Morey, also southeast corner of Cadmus and Morey.

Sept 22-24 - massive manure hauling, silage hauling along US-127 by Vreba-Hoff, stirs up clouds of fine particulates, fecal dust, stench for many square miles. The CAFO facility is shrouded in dust. Temp is near 90 on Monday, dry weather. Semis & tankers & manure-haulers barreling fast, back and forth on dusty dirt roads to the US-127 facility--industrial trucking--causes serious air pollution. No one monitors the particulates.  Neighbors have been breathing foul dust and particulates, day after day.

Sept 22-23 - Bakerlads surface applying liquid waste at the northwest corner of Beecher and Morey, no incorporation--"ponded near road and major stench." Also applying southeast corner of Cadmus and Morey Hwy, surface application with no incorporation.

Sept 22 - Hartland Farms spreading starting at 11:30am north of Beecher west of Henning Hwy.
Neighbor says, "It is sad that my son will have to come home to the stench of cowshit on his wedding night."  Also Vreba-Hoff is applying solids, which appears to be sand laden manure, south of Squawfield and east of Tuttle. A Lime Lake resident reports, "Many, many loads. Quite a nasty odor for those downwind." Bill White Farm is spreading liquids just south of VH-2 and east of Elm.

Sept 19-22 - Bleich Farms applying along US-127 makes driving by a breathing hazard. Also Marvin Farms along Beecher, manure sprayed on hayfield is black, not incorporated, stench hangs in the air.

Sept 15 - stench from Hartland Farms application north of Beecher. "Awful. Windows closed...air is heavy."

Aug 1 - 92 degrees, extreme high humidity, air is steamy and still -HORRIBLE day for manure emissions, at multiple locations: Hartland Farms applying along Beecher east of Dowling, and on Dowling Hwy as well. Everybody downwind has to shut windows, no matter how hot, and it is HOT, STIFLING. Stagnant toxic air 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. CAFOS are NOT good neighbors. This lack of care for neighbors' health is irresponsible, negligent, immoral. It's making people sick. Is that an "acceptable" agricultural practice?  Vreba-Hoff 1 is spraying on hayfield at Packard and Bothwell; New Flevo surface-applying on Plank Rd east of Benner; State Line applying on Ridgville east of Dodge.

July 25 -26 - intense emissions at several locations: 3 ppm hydrogen sulfide at Chesterfield Dairy after days of application south of the facility; emissions from Hartland Farms application on Dowling Hwy at M-34, stink in the wind, through the windows, a neighbor "stuffed towels under the door, it didn't help." More Hartland Farms stench from manure along Dowling just south of Beecher, and also west of Morey Hwy on Cadmus; stench from Vreba-Hoff application west of Hudson on M-34 near Nye Rd; Vreba-Hoff 1 is hauling into Ohio on County Rd T, applying on Waldron Dairy property. Waldron Dairy is applying at Broom Rd and US-127.

July 23 - stench along Beecher Road east of Dowling from Hartland Farms surface application.

July 20-21 - Days of stench from Vreba-Hoff - neighbor 1/2 mi. away reports "Lime Lake in Hillsdale County and everything southwest of Acker Hwy and Donnelly [Lenawee County] reeks of feces and ammonia. Instant headache from the foulness. Vreba Hoff is surface applying on cut hay. Emissions can be detected as far as Tuttle and Burt Rd. more than 5 miles away. So much for the good neighbor policy."  Emissions affecting neighbors of State Line Farms on Saturday.

July 17 - Lime Lake residents suffering from Vreba-Hoff stench. "The emissions...are trespassing into my home from a mile away. No spreading appears to be happening so it appears to be coming from the lagoons."

July 13, Friday the 13th - bad luck, Hartland Farms emissions are worse than two previous days from liquid waste application, Dowling Hwy. Early morning, very still air, "emissions have settled over the whole area." Neighbors feel dizzy, nauseated, eyes watering; forced to leave the house. "Even with all the windows shut all night, the stench seeps in...Where can people go for a day, two days, three days? and still do their own work, make their own living? -- will MDA set up shelters for victims of this environmental injustice?"  Noon, slight breeze, Hartland Farms begin waste application on wheat stubble on another field, other end of Dowling Hwy at M-34.

July 11- 13 - Chesterfield Dairy - the "stench of 1,750 cows! PU! PU! PU! All day long (sunrise/sunset and into the night)... thanks to the westward winds. (I guess the flies are still looking for the dung here, it's strong.) It's great to have such wonderful neighbors."

July 11 - heat finally broke, a cool wind from the northwest blowing in - Hartland Farms stench! sickening emissions from tanker-application on wheat stubble, Dowling Hwy south of Beecher. "Awful stink, it's making me gag...had to close all the north windows, and that cut the cooling to the whole house."  Terrahaven Farms CAFO, Wolf Creek Hwy, Adrian, application so intense neighbor reports "trouble breathing...sinuses started to swell, called the doctor."

July 3-4 - Chesterfield Dairy "Fly Infestation. So many flies outside. It's a race to the door to see who gets in first... us or them. Thanks, again."  On the 4th, "No, that's not the BBQ you smell... that's cow dung blowing and cooking in the hot summer air. Celebrate! Celebrate! Would you watch the food and keep the flies off it. Thanks. The neighbors would have felt right at home here. (I killed 8 flies inside the house today... the shiny "green backed" variety. Some were full of maggot eggs)."

June 29-July3 - Another holiday, another seige of stench.  Want to picnic near a CAFO?  On the 29th, Chesterfield Dairy "Moo-Poo has taken over our house ! So strong ! ... it has invaded the privacy of our home.
It is 'thick'... undiluted, it has overcome the backyard and entered into our home through the window screens.
We were watching tv that night when it 'entered' the livingroom. By then most of the house was filled with the smell.So offensive, we had to close the windows and doors ! (It made us gag.) The gift that keeps on giving! Merry Christmas !"  A neighbor of Vreba-Hoff 2 writes, "emissions have been plaguing us since Saturday [June 30]. Open window. Close window. Woke up this morning with our home smelling like sh--."   Vreba-Hoff 1 applying waste, for the 3rd time, at Canandaigua and Ingall. Hoffland pivot-irrigating over the dike north of the facility.

June 28 - strong emissions from State Line Farms, neighbors suffering, called DEQ.

June 27- rain on the horizon, horrendous stench NE of Vreba-Hoff 1, Medina Rd & Ingall Hwy. Emissions continue along Beecher near Hughes from Hartland Farms applicaiton.

June 26 - hot and humid, temps in 90s, it stinks all over the place. Massive manure applications at numerous locations before predicted rainfall:Vreba Hoff I and Vreba Hoff II surface applying on cut hay ground, north side of the South Medina Drain, an impaired stream, at Vreba Hoff I facility. Hartland Farms surface applying on cut hay ground on the west side of Hughes Hwy south of Beecher Rd over the Henning Drain near the open waterway. Field is black. Hydrogen sulfide meter registered 3ppm at a neighbor's residence.

June 25 - Hartland Farms surface applying liquid animal waste on Cadmus Rd west of Morey Hwy 1/4 mile on cut hay ground near the south branch of the River Raisin; Hoffland Dairy pivot irrigating south of the earthen lagoons on growing corn west of the facility;New Flevo Dairy applying liquid animal waste to the northeast of the facility.

June 20-23 - three days and three nights of extreme emissions reaching Lime Lake residents from Vreba-Hoff at US-127.  One neighbor writes on Friday, "Tonight is really bad, coming through closed windows in the house..." DEQ notified.

June 19, 20, 21 - Chesterfield Dairy -- "Strong Odor of Moo-Poo in the afternoon air all three days."

June 14 - horrendous Vreba-Hoff emissions continue for 4th day for neighbors south of the facility and Lime Lake area -- one neighbor wrote to local representatives, "I hope you all are enjoying the nice weather. I am now in day 4 of being unable to open windows or go outside...I wish there were "scratch and sniff" emails so you could experience what my family and neighbors have been going through for the past 80 hrs." Neighbors of State Line Farms, Morenci, also report serious emissions from the (unathorized) hog barns at Ridgeville and M-156..

June 13 - hot dry weather continues. Stench is "unbearable" at numerous locations, including southwest of Hartland Farms along Beecher, and southwest of Vreba-Hoff 2 manure application along US-127. One neighbor writes: CAFO Riddle: How much animal waste can a CAFO spread on a single field?  Answer: Apparently as much as they want. Here is VH 2 spreading yet more waste on the field across from the facility...They are also spreading liquids on the field just east of this field. The northeast wind is making this unbearable at my home. No incorporation is taking place."

6-13-07 Vreba-Hoff spreading untreated solids, third time in a month, on this field at US-127.

June 12 - "Today's stench is overwhelming," one neighbor of Vreba-Hoff writes."Today we cannot open our windows or even go outside without being choked by the gagging emissions."

June 11 - "horrendous" - northeast winds blowing Vreba-Hoff stench, emissions to Lime Lake neighbors. More CAFO stench near Bakerlads. A neighbor reports, "When I came home I had left the windows open getting the fresh air into the house. I was wrong! The whole house smells like cowsh--. I had to take the fan from the window (we don't have air conditioning) We can't eat outside on our porch because the stench is horrendous."

June 7 - a beautiful summer morning? Guess again. It looks that way, but open the door -- you're hit with a wall of stink if you're north of Vreba-Hoff 1.  Breeze is from the south, and neighbors have to change outdoor plans: "can't mow yard, can't work in the garden, can't open the south windows! What's his sh-- doing on our property? Call it what it is -- trespass."

June 2 - another summer weekend, very hot and humid - intermittent thunderstorms. CAFOs are out in force, however, in spite of rain, in spite of forecast of 1/2" or more rain.  Stench, emissions are interfering with outdoor activities in many locations. Stench over several square miles, as far as four miles away from Vreba-Hoff 1 on Dillon, from massive manure applications all around wetlands south of the facility, along Durfee Creek (where spray-irrigation was prohibited following discharges to the impaired stream);also at Territorial and US-127, again. Foul solids being applied, again, along US-127 (some falling onto the roadway again) from Vreba-Hoff 2. Stench also from Hoffland spray-irrigating liquid manure near the dike along Haley. And New Flevo is applying solids on hay west of the facility.

May 31 - stench and emissions "horrendous" from CAFOs in this heat (90 degrees, high humidity). "Air stinks" on Packard, south of Vreba-Hoff 1 facility. Liquid manure applications, emissions continue at many locations: Vreba-Hoff at Territorial and US 127 as well as along Ridgeville east of US-127. Bakerlads along Morey Hwy; Marvins at Benner and M-34.

May 30 - strong manure emissions from Bakerlads application along Morey Hwy; also extreme emissions from State Line (neighbors called DEQ PEAS Hotline), with ECCSCM hydrogen sulfide meter registering 3 ppm. Vreba-Hoff also applying near the Ohio border, Territorial and US-127.

May 24 - Vreba-Hoff 1 surface-spraying liquid manure along Medina Rd on a cut hay field, so this manure will not be incorporated at all. There's a high wind, temp in the 90's, erosolized emissions, stench - for miles.
 
5-24-07 Vreba-Hoff spraying manure in high wind, temp in the 90's - horrible emissions

May 21 - unbelievably putrescent gag-ifying animal waste application ("composted" dead cow goo?) along US-127 opposite Vreba-Hoff 2 facility. Applying as late as 9:30 p.m. Passersby report "instant headache, nausea."   "It smells like corpses, a field of rotting corpses...What are they putting in there?" 

May 18 - intense emissions from Vreba-Hoff Waldron Dairy (formerly Mericam) draglining at US-127 and Camden Rd. Field is black, "appalling" eye-watering stink. Stench along Packard, Dillon Hwy, from Vreba-Hoff 1 (for residents who can get their cars through the "impassable" areas, gouged by Vreba-Hoff manure haulers).

May 18, 2007 - Packard Road

May 10 - hot & humid, extreme stench at Lime Lake from Vreba-Hoff, and along US-127 at Bleich CAFO.

May 3 - high winds, dry air, and stench affecting residents over many square miles, including horrific State Line stench north of Morenci at Ridgeville--neighbors called DEQ Air Division; Hartland Farms emissions continue from Hughes Hwy application; and "nauseating" emissions from Bakerlads application on Beecher at Morey.

May1 - Stench for several miles downwind from Hartland Farms manure application along Hughes Hwy.

April 20-21 - Bruinsma Dairy applying animal waste along Dodge Hwy, Ridgeville Rd. Neighbors report there was so much dust and particulate matter in the air they "could not stand to be outside and it was getting into the house." One family with a year-old baby visiting grandparents in the area had to leave because of the stench.  Many other CAFOs applying waste in hot, dry weather the last two days, creating a haze of fecal dust, serious emissions causing headaches, burning sinuses, sore throats, dizziness, nausea.

4-21-07 - intense emissions, suspended particulates, fecal dust,from Bruinsma manure application

April 20 - stench at Lime Lake just south of Vreba-Hoff on US-127.

Easter Weekend, April 7-9 - holiday manure applications, all over the place: Hartland Farms on
west side of Glen Hill Hwy north of Forrister Rd, surface application on harvested soybean field; Hoffland Dairy on Wheeler Hwy south of Tomer Road; Bleich Dairy on west side of US-127, north of Beecher Road; New Flevo Dairy on north side of Forrister Road just west of facility, heavy liquid surface application, and also south side of Forrister Road just west of facility, steaming solids application; Vreba Hoff II on east side of Acker Hwy north of Donnelly Rd, also corner of Morenci Hwy and US-127; Vreba Hoff I on north side of Canandaigua Road east of Ingall Hwy; Chesterfield Dairy, neighbor notes: "PHEW! Strong manure in the air! Manure hauled these days. Spread on field at CR RS & 14 ... liquid manure spread very slowly across the field. Easter Sunday (8th) STRONG manure smells present in our yard most of the day."

April 4 - Vreba Hoff spreading on Elm Rd. and M34 today. Heavy black application on hay field in very high winds. Stench at Spielman's hardware. Several homes and one church on M34 very close to area of application. Chesterfield Dairy, neighbor "detected strong manure odor in the frozen air... winds at 40 mph all day."

March 21-22 - Chesterfield Dairy, neighbor notes: "large black flies appear outside on the back porch (warming themselves in the sun). Manure odor strong."

Feb 8 - Chesterfield Dairy spread more manure. Weather very cold, neighbor notes: "can still inhale the manure odor."

Feb 1 - Chesterfield Dairy, Lyons -- neighbor reports overwhelming stench: "Drove right into it... as if hitting a 'brick wall'... SMACK! and P U !!... Odor came into the car even though the windows were rolled up due to the cold temperature outside. The manure 'fog bank' was so thick, it followed me right into my garage and just hung in the air outside ! Strong !"

Jan 9-10-11 - With lagoons on the brink of overflowing, Vreba-Hoff is hauling manure to mutliple sites, trucking, spraying through pivot-irrigators, etc., in violation of the court order prohibiting winter application.  Emissions are horrendous along Ingall Hwy, Packard, Dillon. Tankers trucking manure to Elm & M-34, to M-34 just west of the Clayton/M156 intersection, to Packard & Dillon; pivot-irrigating along Elm Rd behind the V-H 2 facility, and along Dillon Hwy at V-H 1 facility. DEQ investigators on the scene Jan 9 and 10.  ECCSCM calls for an injunction to stop the illegal dumping, and asks DEQ to shut the CAFO down (after years of mis-management and repeated violations, at least 75 documented before this current onslaught of violations).

2006

Dec 29, 31 - emissions intense from State Line Farms. Neighbors suffering symptoms called emergency PEAS hotline twice over the weekend. ECCSCM had a reading of 4ppm H2S opposite the facility on New Year's Eve.

Nov 29 - liquid manure applications at many locations, emissions affecting residents in many square miles. New Flevo applying west of Hawkins on north side of Woerner; Bakerlads draglining north of facility on Morey Hwy; Bleich applying north of Forrester; Hartland Farms applying on Cadmus east of Hughes, both sides of the road; Mericam "plastering all around the facility" on US-127; Vreba-Hoff 2 applying east of the facility on US-127.

Nov 26 - Thanksgiving weekend - major emissions from field applications at several locations: north and south of Vreba-Hoff 1 facility (Medina Rd, from Dillon to Ingall; Packard Rd,from Ingall to US-127), stench at Vreba-Hoff discharge site on Canandaigua Rd near Bothwell (see News); strong morning stench south of White hog facility and Vreba-Hoff 2 at Lime Lake; stench on Henning Hwy, Beecher, Forrester near Posey Lake, from Hartland Farms and New Flevo field application.

Nov 7 - Waldron Dairy (formerly Mericam) manure applications, discharging to drain leading to Toad Creek.

Nov 4 - Vreba-Hoff 1 pivot-irrigation of liquid manure along Ingall Hwy--field is black--has turned water black in the tributary to Lime Creek. Strong manure smell in the water, dead snails floating. Several residents called DEQ's emergency PEAS hotline for manure discharge. Just across the road, intense stench, emissions from Vreba-Hoff 1 application of liquid manure along Packard Rd between Dillon and Ingall.  Eye-watering, sickening after just a minute with car windows open.  Several households suffer across the road; it would be impossible to work outside at these homes. Emissions from this field extend over a large area downwind. Vreba-Hoff 2 also applying on Munson Hwy at Hudson City limits.

Oct 31, Nov 1, 2 - "strong manure on/in the air" from Chesterfield Dairy east of Morenci in Lyon, OH.

Oct 14 - major manure applications at many locations, stench all around: Hoffland Dairy, Waldron (formerly Mericam) Dairy, Bruinsma.

Oct 10 - emissions along Dillon Hwy with Vreba-Hoff draglining opposite the facility; also Vreba-Hoff stench on Lickley south of Squawfield Rd in Hillsdale Co.  New Flevo emissions from field application at Posey Lake Rd and Forrester.

Sept 17 (Sunday) - Hartland Farms manure heaps at Dowling and M-34 are being spread with a front-end loader filling 2 haulers, all afternoon. East half of the field is black -- how thick is this waste? Hartland Farms also dumping at another location today, north on Dowling near Beecher Rd. Emissions are horrendous along Cadmus Rd and Beecher; H2S meter found 3 ppm at Cadmus and Posey Lake Hwy.  Households affected include older residents and one family with an infant.  One resident reports stuffing doors with towels and locking windows - stench still seeps into the house and causes distress. "You can't work outside either, there's no way. Think what this does to the CAFO guys, too. You breathe it in, it goes straight to your brain."
Yes, it does:
           "About 700,000 Americans working in CAFOs are exposed to degrading manure and bedding that can create a toxic mixture of gases such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and airborne particles containing dust from animal feed, hair and dander, feces, bacteria and bacterial toxins. Extensive evidence demonstrates harm to workers from these exposures. Asthma, bronchitis, sinus infections, and short-term and persistent declines in lung function are widespread. High concentrations of H2S gas from manure pits have killed dozens. Routine, long-term exposure to H2S, even at much lower levels, may lead to permanent declines in brain and nervous system function, and depression and other mood changes." (Environmental Observatory)


Sept 16 (Saturday) - rank, permeating stench from Hartland Farms manure dumping along Dowling Hwy near M-34.  Trucks are hauling non-stop again today. This is agronomic rate of application?  This is best ag practice? - no, it's dumping: a costly, inefficient, agonizing for neighbors, worst agricultural practice. MDA, DEQ called. No response.   Also, emissions from Vreba-Hoff draglinging along Dillon Hwy across from the facility.

Sept 15 - Rising Excavating 10-ton dump trunks are hauling Hartland Farms solids, dumping load after load in heaps in the field at M-34 and Dowling, 8 hrs so far.

Emissions are intense at the facility, where solids and liquid application continues north of the facility on Hughes Hwy.  Hartland Farms has STILL NOT INCORPORATED manure application along Beecher Rd (see Sept 9, Aug 25 entries), also STILL NO INCORPORATION along Dowling Hwy (see Sept 4,5 entry). 

Sept 14 - fierce emissions from Vreba-Hoff liquid manure application along Packard Rd between Dillon and Ingall.

Sept 9 - continued emissions from Bleich application along US-127; also stench from Hartland Farms field application along Beecher east of Dowling.

Sept 8- Bleich Farms draglinging liquid manure along US-127 north of Hudson. Incredible stench over the highway and rolling east.

Sept 4, 5 - eye-watering emissions from Hartland Farms application of liquid manure along west side of Dowling Hwy, south of Beecher. Field is black, and the stench is intense, nauseating, gagging residents and people driving by. With variable north, northwest winds, stench is horrendous for neighbors in several directions, along Dowling, Cadmus, Beecher, Posey Lake, with many neighbors having to shut windows. One resident reports, "I not only had to shut the north windows last night, but LOCK them because the stink leaked in through cracks."  STILL NO INCORPORATION OF MANURE (9/8/06)

Aug 25 - stench, emissions from Hartland Farms application of liquid manure and solids, Beecher Rd, before predicted rainfall.

Aug 22 - emissions (and application to hay) from Bakerlads continues.  Neighbor reports "extreme headache, dizziness, burning sinuses, raspy voice, nauseated." Lenawee County Health Dept. notified, and Department of Environmental Quality PEAS Hotline called for air pollution.

Aug 21 - intense emissions along several miles of Beecher Rd from all-day liquid manure application on growing hay by Bakerlads Farms. No incorporation, of course. How long will the stench affect this neighborhood?  When will this hay be cut?  What animals will eat this manure-drenched hay?

Aug 14 - continuing, intense emissions from Hartland Farms. Two neighbors affected so severely, they went to the doctor and filed Health Department complaints for symptoms from air emissions. An ECCSCM volunteer reported getting sick while visiting a neighbor, "I was nauseated. [Symptoms] didn't disappear until after several hours. Only sat there for 35-40 min but it was evening and no breeze."

Aug 12 - all-day stench from Hartland Farms draglining, as far as 3 miles away. In the evening, "nauseating and eye watering" emissions along Beecher to Posey Lake Hwy and beyond. One driver reported, "It was sickening and disgusting and nobody, absolutely nobody should have to live with it." Also State Line stench reported, with DEQ finding "definite and distinct swine odors."

Aug 11 - Hartland Farms draglining liquid manure along Hughes and Beecher.  A beautiful summer weekend -- and now incredible stench, rank emissions spreading downwind for miles. "Shame! Shame! How can they destroy neighbors' lives? Aren't they ashamed when they stink up the whole neighborhood?"  Good questions. Ask them often. Emissions as intense as these destroy summer days, force children indoors, sicken the elderly. Why this contempt for neighbors, for children living nearby?  Where is the care for others, the care for the community?  CAFOs say the stench doesn't bother them -- they say, it's the smell of money. (Whose money? -- why, their money, of course.  Nobody else's.)  To everybody else, it's the stench of greed, of contempt. In the houses of neighbors, it's the stink of despair, sickness, loss.

Aug 8-10 - continuing, intense emissions in multiple locations - from Hartland Farms application along Cadmus Rd between Hughes and Morey Hwy. The morning of Aug 10, stench so intense neighbors closed windows 2 miles away, reported burning eyes -- "you can'twork outside in this sh--. If you're smelling it, you're breathing it into your lungs."  Also, serious emissions from State Line Farms north of Morenci on Aug 8 and 9; neighbors called DEQ Air Division.  Vreba-Hoff stench from liquid manure application Aug 8, 9 (and terragator overflow Aug 8) along Acker Hwy near Donnelly. More emissions from Vreba-Hoff on Lime Lake Rd.,Elm Rd. Zimmerman Rd, Prattville Rd. A neighbor said "it descends on you in the morning when the air is heavy, like a fog. You have to close the windows." Also stench from White hog operation along Coman Rd.

July 28 - State Line Farms stench; DEQ investigation found "strong definite and distinct swine odors."

July 22- 24 - intense emissions from weekend manure applications on wheat stubble by Hartland Farms, Beecher and Hughes Hwy. One adult neighbor lost his voice, also another neighbor's 3-yr old child. Nearby residents report symptoms -- sore throat, headache -- from the stench. Manure application going on every evening since Saturday, solids applied first, and then liquid waste starting Monday evening. Field overlies the Henning County Drain -- and rainfall is predicted. At least 2 residents called the DEQ PEAS hotline.

July 18 - intense stench from State Line Farms. One neighbor reported his wife "suffering from headaches," and DEQ found "the odors were very strong." Another neighbor reported the hog stench was a "little gamey," and his wife told DEQ "there were days when she would have to close the windows in her house to keep the odors out. She also reported there have been worse days than this one."

July 14-17 - weekend stench at numerous locations affected life for many rural residents: Lime Lake, just south of Vreba-Hoff, people "had to go in the house," the emissions were so intense; also Beecher Rd area of Hartland Farms, strong emissions downwind from the facility. 

July 11, 12, 13, 14 - North of Morenci, serious air quality concerns from State Line Farms facility and manure application along Ridgeville Rd -- several neighbors called DEQ about air pollution which "about knocked a person out," with symptoms of dizziness and headaches reported. One resident "almost passed out" going from the barn to the house. Several DEQ investigations found "strong hog manure odor...very strong" on July 11; on July 13 DEQ staff person and his wife sat in the car with windows down: "The odors would come and go with the wind, but were detectable more than they were not. I noted that the odors were strong, distinct and definite, a '2' on the odors scale. As we sat there for several more minutes my wife commented that, 'You couldn't sit outside for very long with that smell.'  On the 14th, one neighbor reported "the hog smell is heavy and sickening," making her sick to her stomach. Another caller reported the hog smell "was so bad it was making him dizzy."  Another neighbor said he walked to his barn in the morning and "didn't think he would be able to make it back to the house. He said odors from the hog barns were making him dizzy and nauseous." Still another neighbor called DEQ reporting he was not feeling well due to the odor from the hogs. DEQ staffer noted "The odors were nearly continuous while I was standing in ___'s front yard. After several minutes, I began to notice as the odors intensified I began to feel a little nauseous. I departed the area..."

July 11 - stench at Manitou Waters south of Vreba-Hoff on US-127; also stench from Vreba-Hoff on Dillon, as far as 3 miles downwind.

July 7 - neighbor of State Line Farms reported to DEQ the hog stench was so bad [Friday, the 7th] "he started feeling ill and by evening he broke out into a cold sweat and felt like he was going to pass out. He went to the doctor on Monday and by Tuesday/Wednesday he was starting to feel better.  Then he said he started smelling the hogs the last couple of days and started feeling bad again."

June 29 - neighbor of Chesterfield Dairy reports, "This morning and this afternoon, the air is saturated with the smell of raw dairy sewage. The smell is thick and 'pockets-up,' becoming condensed against surfaces such as the back of our house, and is trapped under low hanging branches in the yard. If I leave the house door open it is very noticeable the odor is streaming through the screened door 'pouring' into the house."

June 26, 27 - intense stench from State Line Farms. DEQ found "strong, definite and distinct hog/hog manure odor."

June 17 - 90 degree heat and wind from the south, stench from Vreba-Hoff reaches M-34 and Cadmus Rds, 4-5 miles away. Residents report going inside, stopping yard work because of emissions, and closing windows in this overwhelming heat.

June 14 - Lime Lake residents report Vreba-Hoff stench still overpowering from repeated application along US-127. "Odors started Friday - Real bad over the weekend - had to close the windows at 2am last night." Also, stench alert reported - "NASTY this morning" - northwest of New Flevo, north side of Forrister, liquid application on wheat stubble.

June 13 - Vreba-Hoff still spreading untreated, uncomposted stinking solids opposite the facility on US-127. Incredible stench. Why no composting in this new "treatment system"?

June 11 - horrendous stench at both Vreba-Hoff CAFOs. At Vreba-Hoff 1 on Dillon, intense silage emissions downwind.  At the Vreba-Hoff 2 facility on US-12, a witch's brew of stench: west of the CAFO, on Elm Rd, sickly dead animal/manure/silage emissions; and east of the CAFO along US-127, eye-watering emissions from land application.  Is this application the so-called "treated, composted" solids?  Composted cow manure does not smell.  This stinks! Stupefying stench. 

June 10 - State Line stench, again.

June 2 - State Line Farms hog stench; called DEQ.

May 26 - Chesterfield Dairy, Lyons, OH, east of Morenci, manure stench, emissions "floating in the breeze," polluting neighbors' property, morning & early afternoon.

May 17, 18, 19, 20 - Chesterfield Dairy manure emissions. On the 17th so strong, a neighbor reports it "burnt the hairs in my nose all day long."

May 16 - State Line Farms stench - DEQ responds to complaints, finds "strong, distinct and definite swine odor."

May 10 - stench permeates the air along Hughes and Cadmus Rds from Hartland Farms - intense, nauseating, impossible to be outside. Same on Packard Rd from Vreba-Hoff.  Some rain already, more predicted tonight.  These applications, before 1/2" predicted rainfall, violate Consent Judgments against both facilities. Stench also reported in the City of Morenci from State Line Farms.

May 9 - with rain predicted tonight, massive manure applications all day, stench in numerous locations: Hartland Farms, more waste east side of Hughes, north of Cadmus; Hoffland Farms spreading south of lagoon; and Vreba-Hoff (treated? untreated? -- it stinks bad!) south of Canadaigua, east of Ingall.

May 8 - State Line Farms stench; neighbors call DEQ.

May 7, 8 - fierce stench from Hartland Farms draglining liquid manure north & south of the facility on Hughes. No incorporation. Ponding of manure in low areas. Neighboring farmers driven out of fields by Hartland emissions. ECCSCM hydrogen sulfide meter registered 3 ppm at one manure field (photo below); 4 ppm at another site. One farmer suffering eye irritation went to doctor, diagnosed with sinus infection, inflammation from emissions. Lungs were impacted, as measured by spriometer. Depending which way the wind was blowing, neighbors to the west as far as Posey Lake suffered, also along Plank Rd, and to the east, along Beecher Rd.  Complaints filed with MDA; no response as of this posting.

Hartland Farms manure field, 5-7-06; 3 ppm Hydrogen sulfide

May 5 - Chesterfield Dairy, manure emissions all afternoon/early evening.

May 1, 2 - State Line Farms stench; neighbors call DEQ.

April 29 - strong emissions at numerous locations: manure & silage stench along Dillon Hwy south of Vreba-Hoff facility, also from application of solids west side of Dillon -- slopping across the road; air complaint filed with DEQ for State Line Farms --ECCSCM Hydrogen Sulfide meter read 4 ppm; emissions from Hoffland Dairy applying waste on Tomer Road north side, west of Wheeler; from Bakerlad Farms, a hose pumping from a tractor east of the facility. Hartland Farms has dragline straight to the north of facility north of Plank Road, east of Hughes Hwy. Rain is predicted for next 3 days.

April 28, 29, 30 - State Line Farms stench all three days. DEQ investigation found "definite and distinctive odor," "strong pig odor." Also manure emissions from Bruinsma field application.

April 25 - "Definite manure odor" noted in DEQ report after Bruinsma field application.

April 24 - Chesterfield Dairy manure stench All Day Long.

April 22 - Chesterfield Dairy manure stench in the morning.

April 21- Chesterfield Dairy, stink from manure in afternoon.

April 20 - Neighbor of State Line Farms reports to DEQ she had to "retreat into her house...she can't open her windows...Her farm house is over one hundred years old and she can't believe this new hog vacility is driving her out." Several other neighbors called DEQ - one reported "terrible hog manure smell since the morning" and another said the stench was "really bad today."

April 19 - massive manure applications, emptying waste lagoons: stench along Cadmus Rd from Bakerlads draglining manure, east of facility; stench from Hoffland application at two locations, along Tomer Rd west of Wheeler and also from east side of Wheeler. Winds carrying stench from facilities as well: State Line Farms cited by DEQ for emissions yesterday, and reported again today; stench west of Vreba-Hoff 2 along Elm Rd.  Intense emissions from Vreba-Hoff 1 along Dillon Hwy -- burns eyes, sickly stench, "nauseating," "You can't live with this. This is hell." 

April 18 - stench from Bleich Farms along US-127 north of Hudson; State Line Farms north of Moernci.

April 10, 11 - Chesterfield Dairy hauling liquid manure (three tractors with tankers), strong emissions, stench, spreading near US 20 & CR 14 south of dairy.

April 6 - State Line hog stench. 

April 5 - Chesterfield Dairy hauling liquid manure, very strong stench.

April 4 - high winds, emissions noticeable several miles from facilities and from land applications. Stench from Hartland Farms land application, along Beecher Rd east of facility; emissions from Vreba-Hoff 1 along Dillon Hwy and foul silage/manure emissions from Vreba-Hoff 2, worst in front of the facility.

April 3, 4  - Chesterfield Dairy, strong manure stench.

March 31 - intense emissions from State Line Farms, again.

March 24 - State Line Farms stench.

March 23 - State Line Farms hog stench.

March 14 - Chesterfield Dairy, continuing manure stench.

Mar 13 - deep brown unconfirmed fluid pouring from Chesterfield Dairy field tile into creek on CR 13-1 near CR - RS (other field tile running clear in same creek). Iincident reported to Ohio EPA.

March 12 - 1" rain (storms). First warm spring day, and eye-watering manure stench from State Line Farms, both old and new hog facilities along M-156 north of Morenci.

Mar 4, 6 - Chesterfield Dairy, manure stench.

March 1, 2- neighbors report stench from Mericam draglining liquid manure in field at southeast corner of Burt Road and Seeley Road; also excessive application, ponding of liquid manure, at Camden and Seeley.

Feb 24 - State Line Farms, hog stench.

Feb 23 - heavy stench forcing drivers to roll up windows from White hog CAFO manure on Prattville and Waldron Rd. "The city of Prattville is awful."  State Line Farms spreading liquid manure from hog CAFO on Dodge Rd. north side and Dodge and Wolf Rds. Heavy hog stench.

Feb 21 - State Line Farms, bad hog stench. DEQ found "distinct and definite hog odor."

Feb 16 - Stench from State Line Farms. Neighbors called DEQ.

Feb 13 - stench from spray-applications of waste on frozen ground, with rain and thaw predicted: Hartland Farms at Beecher & Hughes; Mericam at Camden Rd & US-127.

Jan 31 - Chesterfield Dairy, 2:00 pm, strong manure emissions.

Jan 27 - Chesterfield Dairy, Lyons OH, east of Moernci - stench late afternoon/early evening

Jan 17 - intense silage stench in fog, rain along Dillon Hwy from Vreba-Hoff; also silage-manure emissions severe along US-127 Vreba-Hoff facility. DEQ called, found "strong swine odor" near State Line Farms.

Jan 1, 11, 16 - State Line Farms, Morenci, cited for stench, air emissions again after residents called DEQ Hotline.

2005 (see map of critical exposure zones for April 14, 2005)

Dec. 28 - intense hog odors from State Line Farms. Neighbors called DEQ.

Dec 4 - Resident of Lime Lake, Lenore Rd., near Vreba-Hoff, went outside Sunday morning to shovel snow and smelled manure stench that forced him indoors. "Now what are they doing spreading on snow?"  He called PEAS Hotline and MDA, stated " I have to smell manure all summer long and now I have to smell it in the winter too? Why is my health being jeopardized so these guys can get rich?" MDA will not investigate until Tuesday 12/6/05.

Nov 25 - day after Thanksgiving - stench alerts on highway 14 near Chesterfield Dairy. Hartland Farms spreading on snow, Henning Hwy & Beecher, on a newly tiled field that leads to a drain that goes to the south branch of the River Raisin. Spreading within a 100' of the drain with 50% chance of showers Sunday and Monday. Bakerlads spreading on snow on fields east side of Morey south of Beecher approximately 200' of the S. Branch of the River Raisin 50% chance of rain Sunday and Monday.

Nov 23 - Chesterfield Dairy in Lyons, Ohio, near Morenci, spreading the evening before Thanksgiving in snow in the dark south of the facility east of 14 near a creek.

Nov 8 - "very strong, constant, definite and distinct pig manure-like odor" north of Morenci at State Line Farms (DEQ complaint History)

Nov 5 - stench alert at US-127 and Channel Drive, Lime Lake. DEQ PEAS Hotline called, no response.

Nov 4 - emissions from Hartland Farms field application at Beecher Rd & Henning Hwy, also along Hughes Hwy, south of Cadmus near Bear Creek unincorporated before the rain of November 15 (1.8"). One resident stated "stench returns with rain."  Foul stench from Bakerlads -- again -- same site as earlier in the week on Beecher Rd, and also at the NW intersection of Morey Hwy and Beecher.

Oct 31 - Halloween - Horrible emissions - children will be out trick or treating in stench, at several locations where Bakerlads is hauling dump truck loads of animal waste, five different field locations along Beecher Rd, Morey Hwy, Cadmus Rd, and draglining east of facility with additional slurry applied on top. 70% predicted rainfall within 24 hours. Stench since Oct. 27. On Beecher Rd, children with reported headaches.  High priority air quality concern.

Oct 28 - Continued stench east of Hudson along M-34, Dowling Hwy.

Oct 27 - Residents along US-127 and Camden Rds. report incapacitating, nauseating feculent stench all day long from heavy spreading of thickly applied, unincorporated liquid manure from bottom of Mericam lagoon. Wind blowing out of the northwest, emissions engulfing a residence immediately south of facility. Verified by volunteer RN who experienced nausea and light-headedness after standing outside of car on road right-of-way for 5 minutes while writing observations. Nausea persisted for about 40 minutes after removal from scene. Another passenger witnessing spreading began to experience hoarseness. DEQ notified and air monitoring requested. No response to request as of 4:30 pm.  Elsewhere, CAFO emissions from Bakerlads spreading east of Henning Hwy south side of Beecher. Stench on Henning Hwy. Hartland Farms emissions from application along M-34 near Dowling Hwy, tanker trucks back and forth all day. Vreba-Hoff stench alert east side of Lickley Rd. south of Squawfield.

Oct 22 - continuing stench along M-156 and within Morenci city limits.

Oct 21 - "Very strong, definite & distinct swine odor" (DEQ Complaint History for State Line Farms)

Oct 20 - strong emissions along M-156 north of Morenci from State Line Farms. "Strong, definite and distinct pig odor" (DEQ Complaint History)

Oct 19 - Stench all day from Vreba-Hoff on Zimmerman Rd, Lime Lake, numerous residents affected.
Hartland Farms and New Flevo spreading, emissions at 3 locations - Forrester Rd and Hawkins, Bates and Forrester, Henning Hwy. Bakerlads draglining stench on Cadmus Rd.

Oct 13 - stench reported in Pittsford Twp several miles northwest of Vreba-Hoff.

Oct 12-14 - emissions from State Line Farms facility and Bruinsma liquid manure-spraying, stench reported along M-156 north of Morenci and also within the City of Morenci, "a gagging smell at times that really makes breathing uncomfortable."  Hartland Farms spreading liquid manure slurry every few days leaving it unincorporated on Henning Rd. north of Beecher west side of road. Neighbors have complained of foul stench and repeated exposure to emissions.

Oct 10 - "we're dying here," reports a resident of Lime Lake, with repeated applications of CAFO waste along US-127 at the Vreba-Hoff facility. Light rain is falling, emissions are horrendous.

Oct 9 - emissions along M-156 at State Line Farms, Morenci.

Sept 15 - resident reports "tremendous reeking odors at Lime Lake this morning and on Lime Creek Rd just east of Munson."

Sept 12 - 90 degrees - stench all over the place: neighbors report "horrendous" stench along Hawkins Hwy from New Flevo application; Vreba Hoff surface applying at the southeast corner of US 127 and Medina Road;on the south side of Packard Road east of Dillon Hwy; drag-lining west side of Ingall Hwy east of the facility. Mericam surface applying both to the northwest and to the southeast of the facility;Hoffland Dairy (formerly Vander Hoff Haley Dairy) incorporating on the north side of Haley Road west of Wheeler Hwy, also has applied south of Haley Road west of Wheeler Hwy. Bleich Dairy is surface applying with semi at the northwest corner of Stewart and Gardner Road. Bakerlads surface applying south of the facility east of Morey Hwy.

Sept 8 - "Strong, definite and distinct swine manure odor" at State Line Farms (DEQ Complaint History)

Aug 29 - "Strong, definite and distinct, objectionable hog waste odors" at State Line Farms (DEQ Complaint History)

Aug 27 - "Strong, definite and distinct pig odor" at State Line Farms (DEQ Complaint History)

Aug 8, 9 - Several days of liquid application by Hartland Farms, with no incorporation, causes severe emissions in hot weather.  These notes were written 8-9-05 by a local R.N. in response to calls about stench: "I drove to and by the homes of those affected by the horrendous emissions and stench from CAFO's last night and again this morning. I saw the fields of alfalfa spread thick with untreated feces and urine from Hartland Farms CAFO that will later likely be fed to the very same cows. Thick, over applied, and unincorporated, untreated liquid feces and urine applied to fields on Beecher Rd, Cadmus Rd, Hughes Highway, and Plank Rd. Many residences are affected. The stench and fumes were so nauseating I could not stay in the area for more than a few moments. I saw children outside surrounded by this nauseating stench and exposed to emissions of hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and dust and particulate in the air. It was hot, no breeze, with dust particles in the heavy air. I counted several houses with children and elderly. One man with leukemia directly downwind of the emissions. Another 3 elderly with health problems. People in the area are too intimidated by the CAFOs to complain and who do they complain to anyway?"

Aug 5 - Unbearable stench at Lime Lake, Emery Rd and Prattville Rd - resident reports he was outside watering plants and had to go inside; called MDA who (in spite of new agreement to handle air emission complaints) referred him to DEQ. Will DEQ respond?

Aug 4 - Horrendous emissions, at numerous Vreba-Hoff locations, with liquid applications continuing, heat and high humidity:  along US-127 from Broom to Squawfield; also west on Squawfield from US-127 to Waldron Rd.  Hartland Farms continuing application with no incorporation, overpowering stench along Beecher, Hughes, Henning Hwy.

Aug 2 - Foul emissions, stench from Hartland Farms application, NW of facility along Hughes and Plank.

Aug 1 -Fierce stench in the evening in Adrian, at Meijer and at Lowe's along US-223. Light wind.

July 25 - Stench along M-34 near Beecher at Marvin's Farms, with spray-irrigation of untreated liquid manure.

July 18 - Heat index at 100 today. Horrific stench on Plank Rd between Hughes and Henning Hwy  from Hartland Farms surface applyication of liquid waste on wheat stubble, east side of Hughes Hwy north of Beecher Road.  Residents on Henning Hwy cannot work outside, report headache, dizziness, sore throat, burning sinuses.

July 14 - Emissions from State Line Farms "3 to 4 on odor scale, caused burning sensation in nose" (DEQ Complaint History)

July 11-12 - Strong "definite and distinct" emissions from State Line Farms (DEQ Complaint History)

June 24 - Hartland Farms spraying liquid manure on hay field at corner of Hughes and Cadmus. Temp is 90 degrees, heat index is 94.  Downwind, neighbor reports extreme headache, sore throat, sinus burning, throat swelling, dizzy.

June 23 - Vreba-Hoff applying on hay field at Ingall Hwy & Lime Creek Rd, next to Lime Creek. Hot day, wind, stench from emissions intense.

June 2 - with east wind, emissions very severe from State Line Farms new hog facility, along M-156 at Ridgeville. Drivers shut car windows, immediate discomfort in the eyes; Vreba-Hoff spray-irrigating behind the facility on Dillon Hwy.

June 1 - emissions from Godfrey Farms, west of the facility along Beecher Rd

May 25 - stench all around from Vreba-Hoff, New Flevo, Bleich: in the City of Hudson; along US-127 near Culbert; on Plank Road west of Seneca; on Ingall Hwy south of Canandaigua Road; and on Lickley Road south of Squawfield.

May 11 - this morning, just before rain (80% chance forecast), several CAFOs are applying liquid manure, with emissions severe at several locations: at Seneca and Plank, from New Flevo pivot irrigating; continuing Vreba-Hoff application along Canandaigua and also Ridgeville and Munson; Hartland Farms applying at Cadmus and Hughes.

May 10 - emissions from Vreba-Hoff liquid waste application at several locations including Canandaigua Rd, and at Ridgeville and Munson.

April 18 - horrendous emissions with east wind from Hartland Farms along Hughes Hwy and also Beecher Rd west of Posey Lake Hwy; also, in Pittsford Twp, reaching Union Rd, from Vreba-Hoff application.

April 16-17 - weekend stench along US-127 and Hillside from Bleich liquid application; Vreba-Hoff emissions noticeable as far as 3 miles away.

April 15 - serious air emissions from Hartland Farms draglining yesterday and last night- hydrogen sulfide readings of 3 ppm at one resident's house, 5 ppm nearby at 8 a.m. this morning. Resident called the PEAS hotline last evening.  Lynn Henning, Sierra Club Water Sentinel who lives 1 mile from Hartland Farms, reports, "I am again asking for help, my in-laws are sick, my husband has all the symptoms of H2S poisoning, and I myself will be going to the doctor today for severe headache, nausea, sore throat, burning sinuses, I am losing my taste and smell, my eyes water, my bronchitis is back, I have lost my voice..."   Also, reports of stench in the village of Clayton, vicinity of Bakerlads.

April 14 - Hartland Farms draglining at Hughes and Beecher Rd.  Neighbor reports "headache, sore throat, burning sinuses."  With east/northeast wind, stench extends 3 miles downwind. Many other application areas -- see listing with map of exposure zones.

April 13 - Stench Alert, east end of Lime Lake! - residents report stench for "more than 6 days and it will continue until the wind shifts as Vreba-Hoff is spreading continually east of the 127 facility."

April 8 - stench continues from multiple liquid manure applications -- Vreba-Hoff at Morenci Rd and US-127; Mericam draglining south of Camden Rd at US-127; Hartland Farms along Cadmus Rd east of Hughes; Bakerlads at northwest corner of Beecher Rd and Morey Hwy. Serious accident with manure hauler/semi and small pick-up truck on Benner Hwy.

April 4, 5 - stench all around, with liquid manure applications from most CAFOs.  It's the first warm dry weather of April, should be the best time to work outside. Farmers, gardeners in the area need to work in fields, kids are outside playing, but depending which way the wind is blowing, the beautiful weather is fouled with eye-watering CAFO air pollution. Worst air emissions: Beecher Rd west of US-127 from Godfrey Farms pivot-irrigating hog waste; several square miles of stench south of Hudson from Vreba-Hoff spray-application at Acker & Donnelly, solids at US-127 across from the facility (Vreba-Hoff is also trucking waste 30 mi. north! to Moscow Rd, Hanover-Horton). Further south, incredible stench from Mericam, spraying manure across the state line in Ohio, on County Road T.

March 30 - Foul air, all along Beecher Rd from turn off M-34: Marvin Farms first, then Stoutcrest, then Bakerlads, then Hartland Farms.

Feb. 21 -stench, foul air at Lime Lake -- Fox Point, Lenore Drive, Lime Lake Rd --downwind of White's hog facility.

Feb. 3, 2005- stench along Beecher Rd & Morey Hwy from Bakerlads liquid manure, sprayed on snow & frozen field.

2004

Dec. 17, 18 - stench from Hartland Farms draglining along Hughes Hwy.  Unincorporated, 1 week before Christmas.  Drivers along Beecher Rd report horrendous stench 2-3 miles away, also along Cadmus Rd. Air quality complaint called in to DEQ. Lime Lake residents also report stench from Vreba-Hoff manure applications.

Nov. 9 - stench all over the place, near State Line Farms, Ridgeville and M156; Vreba Hoff I application at Canandaigua and Ingall; Vreba Hoff II at several locations: terragator in field, semis dumping liquid manure in box along Packard east of Acker; also slurry being surface-applied at Donnelly east of US 127 across from 127 facility slurry; and at Medina Rd and US 127 surface-applying liquids.  Also New Flevo surface-applying slurry on south side of Hoddinott east of Wilkinson Hwy.

October 24 - 28 - State Line Farms emissions - 5 ppm Hydrogen sulfide reading at M-156 (10/28). 45 schoolchildren in the vicinity, visiting old school house across the road from State Line hog operation. Local residents report 4 days in a row of stench.

October 21, 22 - Squawfield Rd. at Elm and Elm and Tamarack, and Tuttle and Tamarack, Vreba-Hoff applying liquid manure. Neighbors reported stench 3 miles away.

October - State Line Farms, Morenci - Hydrogen sulfide readings at Ridgeville Rd and M-156. Wind was out of the east on most of these days. The emissions are strongest through the night and early morning, the cooler the air the heavier the odor. Neighbors reported stench on several other days, but these were days they felt they could not stand it. They reported dizziness, severe headaches. ECCSCM volunteer also got headaches, sore throat, watering eyes just monitoring.

10/4/04 at 7:36 am - 4 ppm
10/12/04 at 7:44 pm - 6 ppm
10/18/04 10:40 am - 7 ppm
10/19/04 5:09 pm - 3 ppm
10/21/04 4:14 pm - 6 ppm
10/22/04 3:37pm - 7 ppm
10/23/04 11:07am - 7 ppm
10/23/04 11:08 am - 8 ppm
10/24/04 9:07 am - 4 ppm

week of September 20, Jelsma/Mericam spread liquid waste on most of their acreage surrounding the facility. Unincorporated even after 48 hours odor hanging in the air for several miles. Neighbors had to keep windows closed.

September 24 - 28 and ongoing, State Line Farms - emissions on Ridgeville and M-156 very bad in evenings starting around 8pm until 9-10 am in morning. Residents report symptoms of nausea, vomiting, sore throats, headache. Stench described as "intolerable" by local residents. Hydrogen sulfide readings from hand-held meter, 3 to 5 ppm on Friday (9/24).

September 14 - stench all around, from Vreba-Hoff liquid manure applications: west of the new lagoon at the US-127 facility; west side of Munson just south of Medina Road; also draglining north of Canandaigua Road east of Ingall Hwy.  VanderHoff Haley is applying west of Wheeler south of Haley Road. Hartland Farms is applying along Hughes Hwy north of Cadmus.

September 11 - Vreba-Hoff applying again on Acker Hwy, tankerloads of liquid manure sprayed on bare ground, no incorporation. Wind from the southwest. Stench is horrendous in the immediate vicinity, and very foul downwind 4-6 miles, east side of Hudson and further towards Posey Lake.

Labor Day holiday, September 6 - Vreba-Hoff applications at three locations: at Pittsford & Squawfield Rds, at Acker Hwy east of the largest facility on US-127, and also draglining along Dillion Hwy, with stench drifting as far as 4 miles away.  Stench also from VanderHoff Haley manure applications south of Haley Rd, west of Wheeler.

September 1 - eye-watering emissions from Hartland Farms manure application at Cadmus Rd & Hughes Hwy. Neighbors downwind had to shut all windows. Brief time outside caused headaches, nausea.

August 31- as evening air cools and settles, stench returns along Dowling Hwy; also along Plank Rd east of Hughes Hwy where Hartland Farms applied manure today. Nearby residents could not work outside; also along Cadmus Rd east of Morey Hwy, where Bakerlads was draglining liquid manure.

August 30 - Dowling Hwy, stench drifting to Beecher and Cadmus Rds, downwind from Hartland Farms manure application, cut wheat field, along Garrison Drain. So bad for 18 hrs, 4:30 p.m. to 10:30 a.m. (cooler air holds stench low to the ground) that windows had to be shut, work outside was almost impossible.  DEQ found Hydrogen sulfide levels along Dowling at 7 ppb around noon on Aug. 31.

August 27 - stench along Hughes and Cadmus (and 2 miles away, downwind) from Hartland Farms manure application; along Ingall Hwy, also Packard from Vreba-Hoff application.

July 23 - stench and dust along M-34 from Benner to Cadmus Rd. Emissions pick up again from Seneca to Clayton.

foul week of July 12 - stench along Henning Hwy after repeated, unincorporated manure application by Hartland Farms; stench from Vreba-Hoff liquid manure at several locations-- Ingall and Packard Rds (air complaint called) Medina Rd and M-156 (air complaint called), and repeated spreading at Squawfield and Pittsford Rds; New Flevo dumping 4 ft heaps of manure at the facility, Forrister Rd; Mericam liquid manure application at Waldron and Camden Rds.

July 4th weekend -- stench alert following Vreba-Hoff liquid manure application, Pittsford and Squawfield Rds.; also Hartland Farms manure application, several days without incorporation, Henning Hwy and Beecher Rd.

April 28 -- Mericam draglining along Seely Rd -- stench "turns your eyebrows" a local farmer says.

April 20 -- Hughes Hwy, Cadmus Rd, Beecher Rd -- sickening stench in several directions, after draglining of liquid manure, Hartland Farms.

April 9, Good Friday -- Tuttle Rd. north of Tamarack, Vreba-Hoff liquid manure application.

April 1, 2, 3...Vreba-Hoff manure tankers are driving 30 miles north of the facility to spray liquid manure on fields in Jackson County, just west of Brooklyn, MI, and east of Clark Lake, on Jefferson Road.  It's not just Hudson anymore.   Nobody's in the clear -- every watershed is at risk.

weekend of March 13 - stench! Hartland Farms applying liquid manure to fields along Hughes, Cadmus, and Plank Rds.  Hand-held Draeger hydrogen sulfide meter reads 2 ppm and 3 ppm at locations adjacent to fields.

Jan. 23 - Bates Hwy, New Flevo liquid manure application - stench was "horrible," caused eyes to water, nausea.

Jan. 14- Stench alert on corner of Hoddinot and Wilkinson today from New Flevo spreading thickly.

2003
Dec. 16 - through Christmas holiday - intense stench, air quality concerns, from Vreba-Hoff and Bill White manure application, again, at Elm, Tamarack, & Coman Rds.  Also, New Flevo manure application at Hoddinot and Wilkinson.

Dec. 8 - stench at Elm,Tamarack, & Coman Roads, from Vreba-Hoff field application; odor reported 4-5 miles away.

Dec. 2 -- intense stench, public health threats including nausea, headache, breathing difficulties, from intense spraying and surface drag-lining of liquid manure-- Hartland Farms, along Beecher Rd; Bleich Dairy along both sides of Hillside; Vreba-Hoff, along Ridgeville Rd.

Nov. 21 -- after 2 inches of rain this week, Bakerlads Dairy is spray-irrigating liquid manure (photo below) on saturated fields, including a sloping area with tile riser and connection to the South Branch of the River Raisin.