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Show PAGE 5 Milfors Weniter Circle Four (continued from page !) been set aside for-future intensive dairy operations. way I don't have to contend with the nuisance of the trucks or crossing the tracks A map depicting these areas will be published in the Milford Monitor and Beaver Press. 2. There shall be a in the summer when I have young people working and kids turning water," he said. buffer zone of 1/4 mile from - Safety has been a. major any existing home near the consideration. Sullivan this :proposal will cost company considerably than the first offer made, which included a boundaries of the new zone. - said the less they spur 3. With conditional use permits, anyone within 1/2 ‘affected by issuance of a permit for an intensive livestock or swine access for loading of his product. husbandry permit. His proposal also requires the city to grant a perpetual right of way access across their 2' strip of new home construction within any agriculture zone must go to the Planning and Zoning Board and sign a easement so that it will not be necessary for him to go permit which states that they are fully aware of and back and re-negotiate every accept time the council changes. "T just couldn't sell the idea to my family and building and living in an my workers of going an additional 3 to 5 miles all 4. Any conditions of City ; to the property. They all agree with this, and we can Larry Sower, Planning and Zoning Board live with it," he said. member . The next move is up to Circle Four Farms! Zoning: Adapting the operation to Utah terrain, climate and lifestyle became took a petition to the county to request a moratorium on Utah trainees were in North expansion within a three- Carolina learning hog production at the Carroll - mile limit of residences until health and environmental aspects associated with swine production could he Foods complied. “We took a lot of heat from investors who look at this on a national Adams said. was appointed to study the issue and report back to planning with a for an recommendation ordinance. submitted That report was March 15. Recommendations are: «1. A new agriculture zone on the Milford Flat with no - intensive livestock operation or swine husbandry within the zone. paint gates, numbers, inspect power wash and original batch of babies shipped in. There was.a lot three-mile _ limit,“ zoning She was on hand.to sterilize barns and feed the level, but we can live with and facility, Karen was . being tattered by Glenna Alston, production manager. company committee Four first person hired to work in the barns. While the 15 planning and zoning board A Circle not affect our operation.” _ Viewpoint: Employee Karen LaOrange was the when a group of residents the and Farms construction manager, said the proposal was acceptable to the ‘company. “This map will a visible challenge last fall The The buildings in the next phase will be even bigger! agricultural zone. - 5. Necessary adjustments existing out of compliance with Beaver annexation. around the pass road to get studied. MARCH 17, 1995 also includes all land. within 2 miles of the Milford city limits. | One location has unit The zone to learn, even for this country girl who had spent a lot of time working with and loving animals before going to work for Circle Four. Reading the feed bin and calculating the amount to order so the bin is empty symultenously with animal movement to the next stage barn can be a challenge. “Each new shipment of pigs started out with a sterile bam and a new supply of ‘Construction is providing numerous jobs. Local contractors. and workers are reaping the benefits. feed. Accurate calculation reduces waste and keeps profits up," she said. Karen has moved. with the pigs from their arrival as babies in the nursery to. their current stage in the breeding barns. "The babies in the first shipments were 3 to 10 pounds when they arrived. They are now as tall as my waist, 6' long and weigh 500 pounds. It's amazing!" She — forward to following them a lot more sense," she said. to the farrowing facility where she will complete her cycle of hands-on training in every phase of the production process. Lining the sites with trees as Genetics, computer classes, interaction workers problems; with to solve other daily it's all part of a quest to constantly strive for an improved operation. She describes the work force as a team with a common goal. “There are no crumby jobs. is currently inseminating the _ _ Everything is part of one young gilts. Some of the great big nucleus. gilts are naturally bred. Everybody works together. However, natural service for In the beginning it was, one gilt produces an average ‘Jeez, why do I have to pull of nine pigs. By artificial _ weeds and pick up trash?’ means this can be expanded But when I came to realize to as many as 40 gilts or that the birds and mice sows, with a possibility of picking at those things could producing 360 pigs. carry -disease to the pigs, Karen is looking keeping the area clean made | windbreaks might be attractive, but the hazards created by large amounts of birds outweigh the benefits. How does Karen feel about the company now? "It is a job without limitations. If I want to learn something, and it will improve my performance, the company will provide the ‘education or training, even college classes. This job is about the pigs, and eventually everybody, even the secretaries and. white collar guys, end up working | hands-on with the pigs in. some capacity," The pay check? she said. "No," Karen said, “I have not had a raise since I started with — the company, but I am sure (Continued on page 9) |