But rather, the brutal but surgically precise killing of some of the state’s most valuable livestock. Of course, Oregon is not the only place where cattle mutilations have occurred – more than ...

The biggest livestock farms would be prohibited from building or expanding in some of Oregon’s most polluted groundwater regions, under a proposed bill backed by environmental groups.

Oregon regulators have decided against prohibiting farmworker housing within 500 feet of livestock facilities, so long as kitchens, toilets, faucets, showers and beds are kept inside. The change ...