Dear Judge Allan Klein;

 

My experience as a lifetime agricultural economist for the University of

Minnesota and the U.S. Department of Agriculture convinces me that we do no one,

including farmers, an economic service by not requiring environmentally sound

practices for agriculture. We should insist on high standards for healthy food

and clear water. In the long run this will improve the economic viability of the

Minnesota and U.S. food system.

 

In view of this the proposed revisions of the 7020 rules for feedlots,  the

following are some of my/our objections. They provide;

-Inadequate protection of the environment (air and water).

-Inadequate consideration of input from the communmity.

-Inadequate opportunity for public comment by the community prior to building  

large feedlots.

-Inadequate requirements of prospective feedlot owners, large and small, to

publish plans prior to buying and building feedlots.

 

 

 

Marcia and Burt Sundquist,

 

 

 

 

Wesley (Burt) Sundquist                        sundqoo1@tc.umn.edu

University of Minnesota                   Applied Economics Tel:(612)625-4210

Home Address: 1666 Coffman, Apt. 328, St. Paul, MN 55108  Tel.(612)645-8651