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The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight

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His curiosity eventually landed Stone a tour of the project: Walz Energy, a joint venture between a cattle-feeding operation and an energy company. We need at least 10,000 cows to get enough manure for the amount of methane we want to generate,’” Stone said. Each year, animals in CAFOs produce twice as much waste as the entire U.S.

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