Silence Replaces Bids and Moos at Stockyards in Suburbs (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By DAN BARRY
Published: April 14, 2008

Times have overtaken the stockyards in South St. Paul, Minn., for reasons too obvious to dispute. Higher costs. Farms lost to suburban sprawl. The smell.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/us/14land.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin