Controversial Linn County chicken ranch put on hold following permit withdrawal

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Controversial Linn County chicken ranch put on hold following permit withdrawal

Construction plans for a large-scale facility proposing to raise 3.4 million chickens per year near Scio in Linn County, Oregon, will be put on hold. That follows a state decision to temporarily withdraw the facility’s permit ahead of a challenge that was scheduled to go on trial in early May.It’s the last of three large chicken farms a coalition of local residents and farmers have fought against since 2020. The other two, which had each propose…