More violations reported on Nyssa’s Grand Barr Goat Dairy
By Logan Bagett on Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
NYSSA — More information has been released on the Grand Barr Goat Dairy, outside of Nyssa. It is alleged that the dairy is responsible for mistreating and neglecting goats on their farm. The matter was first looked into by the Malheur County Sheriff’s Office and quickly turned over to the Oregon Department of Justice, who continues the investigation. The animal rights group PETA reports that two of their investigations “…uncovered goats suffering from emaciation, infections, abscesses, overgrown hooves, and severe arthritis.”
In a release issued on Tuesday, PETA shared information from records obtained from the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Below are the issues reported in the ODA records, via PETA:
(From PETA)
- Violations of Oregan dairy law—including problems related to milk house cleanliness and sanitation of milking equipment—at four out of five inspections of Grand Barr in the last year.
- Grand Barr failed milk sample tests eight times since July 2024—nearly half the tests conducted during that period. Most of the tests showed unacceptably high levels of bacteria, and some also showed an unacceptably high somatic cell count, an indicator of herd health.
- In October 2025, ODA placed Grand Barr on a “Sanitation Warning” due to repeated sanitation-related violations found during several consecutive inspections.
- In February 2025, Grand Barr’s Grade A shipping license was suspended after repeatedly failing milk sample tests. An ODA inspector notified Taunia Barr that she could not ship milk out of state while under suspension, but Barr continued to do so, and apparently fabricated a story to Laura Chenel representatives about still being able to ship as Grade B milk—a license classification that does not even exist in Oregon.
- In January 2025, an ODA inspector found three dead goats whose bodies had not been disposed of, and all available water for the goats on the farm was frozen.
So far, no goats have been removed from the farm, according to PETA. Also, no updates have been released on the Oregon Department of Justice’s investigation.
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