The Merced County Board of Supervisors unanimously denied an appeal by an environmental group that objected to the expansion of a Hilmar farm during a board meeting this week.
The vote during Tuesday’s meeting cleared the way for the dairy to expand and upheld the Planning Commission’s approval of the conditional use permit.
The Davis-based California Clean Energy Committee challenged the county planning commissioners’ approval of a conditional use permit by Bobby Borba to expand his 1,250-cow dairy to a range of 4,265-4,590 cows.
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