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The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight

Civil Eats

According to the DNR, any open feedlot operation with 1,000 or more animal units needs to submit a plan to ensure the operation does not over-apply manure to surrounding cropland. So, when we try to farm at these very large scales. And for good reason: Cattle is the top-ranked agricultural commodity in the U.S.

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