Proposed Livestock Management Facility in Princeville

What is it? A wean-to-finish swine facility with one initial 2480 head barn that will be 281’4” x 71’2” Produces about 4960 pigs per year (1.8 to 2.1 turns per year) Produces roughly 1 million gallons of manure per year per barn Plans to double in size in 2 years Contracted by TriOak Foods of Iowa Pigs will be delivered to Brazilian owned JBS in Carthage for processing Uses ~3720 gallons of water a day for the pigs per barn Similar Existing Facility near Abingdon Similar Existing Facility near Oneida

Similar Existing Facility near Abingdon

Where is it? About a mile south of Princeville city limits, along Princeville Jubilee Road

About the Facility The contract company provides pigs, feed, medicine, and veterinary services. The land owner is responsible for everything else. The contract company pays between $35 and $45 per space per year. Each barn costs roughly $800,000 + $100,000 for infrastructure e.g. dirt work, driveway, and well. The building and well will not be built by local companies. The feed will come from TriOak’s feed mill in Bushnell. The building is 20 pigs short of officially being a large CAFO, which has stricter siting requirements and more oversight from the Illinois Department of Ag and EPA. When the second building is built, the operation’s status won’t change because of a loophole in the law.

Manure ~1 million gallons of manure is stored in a pit below the facility. The pit is 8 feet deep and has a 5 inch thick floor concrete floor and 8 inch thick walls Manure will need to be injected across at least 160 acres per year per barn The waste will be run through hoses placed in road ditches to get the manure from the property to surrounding land to spread the manure Iowa State University Ray Harden, theperrynews.com

Composting of Dead Pigs The facility will have a 6.5% mortality rate (~322 animals/year/barn) Dead pigs are composted on-site A 3 stall building similar to the ones pictured will be built Dead animals are put on the pile and covered with saw dust Decomposition will take a few months depending on the weather Scavenger, rodent, and insect populations are expected to increase Animal Mortality Centers from NRCS website

What can you do? Make sure your neighbors are aware of what is being built Contact your State Senator and Representative about any concerns you have over this facility. Also let them know the law should be improved if you think there isn’t enough local control over the siting of these types of facilities. Illinois State Senator Chuck Weaver, 309-693-4921 Illinois State Representative Ryan Spain, 309-690-7373

Information Sources Directly from TriOak’s representative Nick Biggs National Hog Farmer articles Illinois Department of Agriculture