According to the Statesman Journal, Linn County in Oregon has introduced rules relating to the location of CAFOs. The County ordinance was motivated by landowners opposed to siting an 11-house broiler unit with a capacity of 580,000 birds.  The new Linn County ordinance mandates a one-mile setback from neighboring properties with residential structures, reducing potential sites for a CAFO in the county from 386 to 89.  Senate Bill 85 considered by the Oregon Legislature would also restrict any CAFO including egg, broiler or livestock production through restraints on handling waste, ground water use and setbacks.

Clearly, the proposal to erect the broiler farm elicited a strong, negative response from residents and landowners. If a Not in my Back Yard approach is extended in Oregon and other states, efficient food production will be constrained leading to higher prices and lower availability. 

CAFOs if appropriately designed and operated are more sustainable and efficient than a large number of small units that ultimately create the same quantity of waste, require possibly more water and produce food at a higher cost.  This problem does not only exist in blue states, the Lincoln Premium Poultry Subsidiary of Costco was forced to relocate the intended location of their complex in Nebraska when initially proposed. Sanderson Farms had to relocate a proposed location in North Carolina for a new processing plant to allow expansion.