https://civileats.com/2024/03/13/the-iowa-trout-stream-at-the-center-of-a-feedlot-fight/ Daily News and Commentary About the American Food System Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://civileats.com/2024/03/13/the-iowa-trout-stream-at-the-center-of-a-feedlot-fight/#comment-309475 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:25:19 +0000 https://civileats.com/?p=55596#comment-309475 I worked in water and waste water treatment for over 35 years. The IDNR’s decisions are greatly controlled by the political establishment in Des Moines, especially when it comes down to agricultural regulations. I have heard that from several former IDNR environmental specialists over the years. They get orders from above and reluctantly have to follow them. The municipalities keep getting hit with more regulations on end of pipe limits while ag is basically hands off. Look at field tile. More going in the ground all the time with no limits on the effluent coming out of the end of that pipeline.

]]> https://civileats.com/2024/03/13/the-iowa-trout-stream-at-the-center-of-a-feedlot-fight/#comment-309474 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 20:30:07 +0000 https://civileats.com/?p=55596#comment-309474 The technology and equipment for composting feedlot manure are
readily available. Composting would readily solve this problem.

]]> https://civileats.com/2024/03/13/the-iowa-trout-stream-at-the-center-of-a-feedlot-fight/#comment-309473 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:22:48 +0000 https://civileats.com/?p=55596#comment-309473 This is a tragic example of agency capture by industry. It seems that the Committee to Save Bloody Run Creek should look to experts in Public Trust Doctrine and take on the Iowa DNR for breach of that trust. They should also look to the legal efforts in southeast Minnesota where a case contesting the ongoing well-water nitrate contamination is underway. The coordination between Supreme Beef, Iowa legislators, and the DNR is inexcusable.

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