Source: Lisa Sorg, NC POLICY WATCH, 2/16/21


A USDA loan application for a proposed chicken farm near Goldston in Chatham County has been withdrawn, raising questions of whether the enormous operation will be built. Policy Watch learned of the withdrawal after asking the USDA for its final environmental assessment of the project. That assessment was being prepared, but will not be completed now that the agency is not backing the loan. The USDA representative said she could not provide a copy of the withdrawal request because of privacy reasons.

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