A cattle feedlot in northeast Iowa likely polluted a creek for years during heavy rainfall, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The feedlot near Elma, owned by Curtis Fox, has about ...

Minnesota officials have for years been under federal pressure to do something about a nitrate crisis in rural well water, particularly in the southeast and central parts of the state. The Minnesota ...

Manure was washed by rainfall from a cattle feedlot near Elma. (Photo courtesy of Iowa DNR) A smaller cattle feedlot in northeast Iowa likely polluted a creek for years during heavy rainfall, ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recently summarized comments received from the public as they work to amend rules that regulate animal feedlots and manure storage in the state. The request for ...

A cattle feedlot near Monona must submit a new manure plan to the state after a Polk County judge overturned state approval of the previous plan. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources told Supreme ...

For the first time in 25 years, Minnesota pollution regulators will step up their oversight of thousands of feedlots across the state. The new rules could change how and when the manure amassed by ...

The Supreme Beef cattle feedlot west of Monona is pictured March 29. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy Photo An 11,600-head cattle feedlot near Monona is again seeking a permit to dispose of manure after ...

In 2017, Larry Stone heard whispers about construction taking place near his home in Clayton County, Iowa. A retired photographer, Stone pulled up to the site, located around 20 miles away from where ...

TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

A mention of farm country beckons images of quaint houses, big red barns, grazing cattle and sun-soaked crops. That’s how I recall farmsteads of my youth in west-central Minnesota, and how Sonja Trom ...