Over recent years I’ve heard about Michigan losing businesses to Indiana because there are fewer regulations in that state. I don’t know how much truth there is to that, but it’s apparently not accurate as far as agriculture is concerned.

Dairyman Johannes DeGroot of DeGroot Dairy has been banned from operating in Indiana due to repeated environmental violations:

Under the agreement, DeGroot will not operate any animal feeding operation, confined feeding operation or concentrated animal feeding operation in Indiana through 2048.

What’s to become of the dairy? It will be sold to Vreba-Hoff, the company that owns two farms near here that have been cited for repeated environmental violations.