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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. Each year, animals in CAFOs produce twice as much waste as the entire U.S. population. So, when we try to farm at these very large scales.

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