University of Michigan study finds large animal farms might be a significant source of air pollution

When an eastern wind blows through Larry Brenner’s home in Pierce County, he knows two things are likely. 

“One, as the old farmers will tell us, it’s going to rain. And two, when I wake up in the morning and head outside, the smell is not very good,” Brenner told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today.” 

The bad smell emanates from a CAFO dairy farm about a mile east of Brenner’s home...   ...more