Smithfield Farms withdraws request from Rooks County

At the March 25th Rooks County Commission weekly meeting, the commissioners announced that Darin Waylett from Smithfield Farms had reached out to county attorney Danielle Muir. He informed her that they do not intend to proceed with the current proposed boar stud farm project and withdrew their request with Rooks County. The organization also withdrew its application with KDHE at this time. If Smithfield Farms makes a plan to proceed with a different proposal for the project, they will reach back out.