The feedlot near Elma, owned by Curtis Fox, has about 650 cattle and is small enough that it’s not required to have a state-approved plan for managing its manure.

The feedlot near Elma, owned by Curtis Fox, has about 650 cattle and is small enough that it’s not required to have a state-approved plan for managing its manure.

The Supreme Beef feedlot, near Monona, is seen from Highways 18 and 52. On the right is the plastic-lined basin that will hold manure from 11,600 cattle. (Photo by Larry Stone) Buy Photo A state ...

Distillers grains have become the standard supplemental protein source for growing and finishing beef cattle. They are ...

Grain elevators and farmland west of Monona on March 29. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) A cattle feedlot near Monona must submit a new manure plan to the state after a Polk County judge overturned ...

The company's current owners ditched the digester and focused on feeding cattle. "They didn't change the manure management setup," which "doesn't comply with open feedlot regulations," Taylor said.

Feedlot manure, they said, contains a lot of dirt, unlike that of dairy manure, since those cows stand on solid flooring such as concrete.

Previously, recommended availability factors varied by species, only credited feedlot manure organic-N availability as 25% for the first year. However, new research has shown that most manures are ...

Olsen Custom Farms turns manure into humus compost at its cattle feedlot near Toronto, S.D., The 12-week process involves turning and treating 36, 160-foot long manure windrows on a clay-lined lot ...

Since the state made its last major changes to feedlot regulations in the year 2000, operations have grown and consolidated.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human… Minnesota looks to tighten regulations on feedlots to deal with persistent pollution from manure Greg Stanley The Minnesota Star Tribune 3 hrs ago ...

The Iowa DNR heard public comments Tuesday on a new manure management plan for a large cattle feedlot in Clayton County near the headwaters of the Bloody Run Creek, which is a trout stream.