Kewaunee County CAFOs By the Numbers
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16
Number of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-permitted Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Kewaunee County. According to the DNR, CAFOs are farms that include 1,000 or more “animal units.”
31
Percent of Kewaunee County wells that tested positive for nitrates and E. coli.
42.4
The percentage of Kewaunee County land being spread with liquid manure from CAFOs.
20,574
The human population of Kewaunee County.
76,000
The bovine population of Kewaunee County.
120
The average number of pounds of waste a single dairy cow produces in a day.
9,120,000
The pounds of waste produced by Kewaunee County cows every day.
63,840,000
The pounds of waste produced by Kewaunee County cows every week.
340,243,269
Number of gallons of liquid manure spread by Kewaunee County CAFOs on the karst topography in 2013.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2013 Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics, Wisconsin DNR