Industrial-scale poultry farms are descending on a tiny South Carolina community. Neighbors worry about odor and threats to water quality and land values.
Study of sales in one part of North Carolina found homes close to industrial-sized barns sold for less than comparable homes located farther away poultry or hogs.
Those near a poultry farm and on municipal water had a drop in value up to 30%. This aerial view shows some of the many poultry barns that have been built in southern Anson County in recent years.
“When we moved over to the new farm, the chickens, rabbits and cats were misplaced – they were in our organization but not in the barn that was planned for them,” McCaul said. “Now with ...