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 ...
PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California's farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at ...
Kinnard Farms, one of Wisconsin's largest dairy producers, has reached a settlement with the state in a lawsuit over the company's wastewater permit. The settlement allows Kinnard to skirt groundwater ...
A factory farm has agreed to pay the Wisconsin Department of Justice $215,000 to settle pollution allegations. The Legislature’s finance committee is slated to approve the deal during a meeting ...
MADISON - New research conducted by environmental groups argues that manure digesters, seen as a solution to pollution from large-scale livestock farms, do more harm than good because of other ways ...
Understand the significance of nitrates from chemical fertilizer and manure in farming and their implications for the environment.
Articles in this project are edited by Carey Gillam, managing editor of The New Lede. This report, co-published with The New Lede, is part of an ongoing series on how changing agricultural policies ...
KEWAUNEE COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) - State prosecutors moved to drop charges against a Kewaunee County dairy farm owner who, along with a manure hauler, was charged with conspiring to submit a forged report ...
MADISON (WKOW) -- Clean Wisconsin and Wisconsin Farmers Union have petitioned a Calumet County court to let them intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to throw out how the state government permits factory ...
Relentless rains this month have caused 17 manure pits at 15 large farms in southwestern Minnesota to overflow, releasing livestock waste into the environment. The overflows, all at open pit lagoons, ...
MADISON (WKOW) -- Environmentalists are preparing to continue a court fight over water quality and factory farming regulations in Wisconsin if industry advocates elect to file an appeal. A Calumet ...