A public issues forum regarding the proposal to create an integrated beef cattle processing, ethanol and renewable energy facility somewhere in Oswego County will be held July 14. It’s set for SUNY Oswego’s Campus Center auditorium at 7 p.m.
SUNY Oswego’s Office of Business and Community Relations will host a public issues forum July 14 for the greater Oswego community about the Bion Environmental Technologies Inc. proposed integrated beef cattle processing, ethanol and renewable energy project. Reservations to attend the forum are requested by July 9.
Bion Environmental Technologies‘ plan to build the largest cattle processing facility in the East has won the backing of the town of Schroeppel, where the plant would be located, according to the company.
County lawmakers heard an update Tuesday regarding Bion Environmental Technologies proposal. If Bion’s slaughterhouse plan becomes a reality, it would bring more than 70,000 head of beef cattle into the county.
County lawmakers have decided to seek more information from Bion Environmental Technologies before making any decisions regarding the companies plan to start a business somewhere in the county. If Bion’s slaughterhouse plan becomes a reality, it would bring more than 70,000 head of beef cattle into the county.
Proposal to site the nation’s largest slaughterhouse somewhere in Oswego County doesn’t sit well with many. “We shouldn’t be leaping into something that hasn’t been done before, has no track record anywhere,” a member of the Oswego County Farm Bureau’s board cautions legislators The county won’t take any action until it receives a lot more information, the legislature’s chairman said.
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