A row of chicken barns are pictured in Butler County. Greg Lanc and Sam Barlean said the chicken barns near their respective homes are having an extremely negative impact on their life.
Greg Lanc gestures to 37 Road, which he would like to see widened for the chicken house truck traffic. Lanc and Sam Barlean live near a very large amount of chickens in Butler County. Both have lived near Rising City for decades -- the chickens are a recent addition as of 2019 and 2020. Lanc farms corn and soybeans, while Barlean raises corn, soybeans and alfalfa.
Sam Barlean pauses on a tour of the chicken barns near his home in Butler County to speak. Barlean said there are simply too many chickens in one area. Normally there are limits in place on the number of animals allowed at an operation, but regulations consider each chicken only a fraction of a whole animal.
A truck takes 38 Road to or from a chicken barn near Greg Lanc's home in Butler County. Lanc said the heavy traffic resulting from the chicken barns near his home is bad for the road and he would like to see the road expanded.
Tar Heel Farm is one of the chicken operations near Greg Lanc's home. It is owned by Gallus Capital, a North Carolina company for which Jody Murphey is a managing partner. Gallus has financed many more barns than just those in Butler County.
Greg Lanc gestures to 37 Road, which he would like to see widened for the chicken house truck traffic. Lanc and Sam Barlean live near a very large amount of chickens in Butler County. Both have lived near Rising City for decades -- the chickens are a recent addition as of 2019 and 2020. Lanc farms corn and soybeans, while Barlean raises corn, soybeans and alfalfa.
A row of chicken barns are pictured in Butler County. Greg Lanc and Sam Barlean said the chicken barns near their respective homes are having an extremely negative impact on their life.
Sam Barlean pauses on a tour of the chicken barns near his home in Butler County to speak. Barlean said there are simply too many chickens in one area. Normally there are limits in place on the number of animals allowed at an operation, but regulations consider each chicken only a fraction of a whole animal.
A truck takes 38 Road to or from a chicken barn near Greg Lanc's home in Butler County. Lanc said the heavy traffic resulting from the chicken barns near his home is bad for the road and he would like to see the road expanded.
Tar Heel Farm is one of the chicken operations near Greg Lanc's home. It is owned by Gallus Capital, a North Carolina company for which Jody Murphey is a managing partner. Gallus has financed many more barns than just those in Butler County.