TOPEKA, KAN. – A Kansas bill receiving widespread support would allow the expansion of confined chicken growing operations within proximity to residential areas.
The Senate bill was endorsed Monday by two of the state's largest agriculture industry organizations, Kansas State University faculty and county development groups, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported .
The proposed legislation would set boundaries on concentration of chicken houses and the number of birds at each site in order to improve recruitment of companies interested in making investments in new production facilities.
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