SALEM, Ore. The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a judge to appoint a federal trustee to take over an embattled Oregon mega-dairy, citing the owners drug use, gambling, out-of-control spending and pending criminal charges.
Lost Valley Farm, located near Boardman, supplies milk to the Tillamook County Creamery Association, which produces Tillamook Cheese, the Statesman Journal reported.
The 11-square-mile dairy, the second-largest in the state, has had issues including financial and regulatory problems since it opened over a year ago.
The Justice Department is handling owner Greg te Veldes Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which was filed in April to stall a bank-foreclosure sale of his cattle.
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