Huge commercial barn with white hens walking around on a dirt floor and feeding

Listed below are proposed new or expanding Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) facilities near Pierce City and Verona, Missouri. These facilities are requesting a wastewater operating permit to operate a no-discharge poultry operation. Each application is extensively reviewed by department staff, including a geohydrologic evaluation conducted by the department's Missouri Geologic Survey. A copy of the evaluation, associated map and application for each proposed operation is listed below.

For information about proposed CAFO permit applications in other parts of Missouri, visit Current New or Expanded Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Facility Applications.

Notice

The department held an "in-person only" public hearing on May 29, 2025 in Pierce City, Missouri, to obtain public comments and provide permitting regulatory framework for the draft permits for the facilities listed below. For more information about the hearing, please follow the links below.

The department also received several petitions for rulemaking, to amend Code of State Regulation 10 CSR 20-6.300. Please review the petitions below for additional information.

Withdrawn Applications