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The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight

Civil Eats

In 2017, Larry Stone heard whispers about construction taking place near his home in Clayton County, Iowa. The idea, the manager explained, was that Supreme Beef would run a feedlot, and Feeder Creek would supply a biodigester, a machine that would process manure and capture the resulting methane to be sold as energy.

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