Portales does it smell due to the dairy? (Roswell, Clovis: buy, good schools)

[newmex]

Originally Posted by desert sun

also there is the smell of roasting peanuts when you drive by Bordens Peanuts, it smells so good.

Sunland too...that's what I miss is Valencia Peanuts!!!

[malamute]

Originally Posted by movingprettysoon

I know this is a weird question, but with the dairy near by does it cause an odor problem in Portales?

For some reason when you live near a dairy farm, you become used to the smell quickly and stop noticing it.

[chilegal]

Originally Posted by newmex

Sunland too...that's what I miss is Valencia Peanuts!!!

They do have the best peanuts. We order them every year for peanut brittle. Peanuts, Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Diet

[sjbasin]

Originally Posted by Minathebrat

I should have refrained from using the word "many" as I don't have a statistic indicating the actually number of plants that have been fined for this infraction, but I really try when I post information to not just run my mouth off and have some sort of backing behind it, unless I'm stating an oppinion.

Here are a few good articles:
The Empire Of The Pigs - TIME
This one contains the information on Seabord Corp.

Pork's Dirty Secret: The nation's top hog producer is also one of America's worst polluters : Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12840743/porks_dirty_secret_the_nations_top_hog_producer_is _also_one_of_americas_worst_polluters - broken link)
This one is about Smithfield. It says (p.3) one study puts the premature die-off rate @ 10%, but I'd need more information.

There seems to be a difference of opinion.

Seaboard deserves credit for it's animal welfare program...
http://www.seaboardfoods.com/_FileLi...port_04-08.pdf

[Minathebrat]

Originally Posted by sjbasin

There seems to be a difference of opinion.

LOL I'd hardly expect Seaboard Corp. to be biased against themselves. But anyway, I only brought up what I did at first because we were talking about smell and I don't want to hijack this thread too far into pig farming but if you want to continue to chat about it, feel free to PM me.

[newmex]

Pig farms are an altogether different beast, or beastiality as in odor and pollution. Had not seen or smelled that on Eastern NM.

[Fickle]

We just moved to Portales in October...

It smells from time to time. When I go out in my backyard, at times, I think.. dang it smells like a dirty diaper gone wrong. It does smell and it is windy .. like WAY windy. My "grass" is brown, which I hope to somehow fix when spring hits with heavy watering and prayer. I have small black dogs and they come inside, after some playtime in the yard, covered in "hay".


Never move to Clovis/Portales if you can help it... that is... if you have ever liked or kind of liked the color GREEN or having a medium sized city near. If you have to choose.. Clovis or Portales to live in.. I would always pick Portales. Portales is a small college town and it just feels so much safer than Clovis.

/Smile if you are going to be stationed @ Cannon AFB... we are trying and hoping/praying to get plucked out of here ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mark S.]

Is the ethanol plant still open?

When I lived in P-ville, the town stank pretty bad when the wind blew the right direction, but not from cows. It was the ethanol plant. Ick. Smelled like wet, moldy bread.

The worst thing about all the dairies in the area is the flies. More flies than you can imagine in the summer.

[Vinegaroon]

And all along I thought that smell was Texas.

[Pintada Kid]

I use to have an old friend who lived in the center of N.M. and went to Clovis all the Time. He use to tell me all the time..... Cuando Vas Pa Clovis .... Vas Con el sol en los ojos Y Viences Con El Sol en Los Ojos. el pintada kid