Feds want trustee to oversee bankrupt Oregon mega-dairy
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — 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 owner's 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 (29-square kilometer) dairy has had issues including financial and regulatory problems since it opened over a year ago.
The Justice Department is handling owner Greg te Velde's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which was filed in April to stall a bank-foreclosure sale of his cattle.