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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

A northwestern Minnesota feedlot agreed to pay $12,075 and address a number of manure-related issues, according to a statement last week from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

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.

An 11,600-head cattle feedlot near Monona is again seeking a permit to dispose of manure after a judge threw out a previous plan. A half-dozen people — some who have opposed Supreme Beef’s ...

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.

According to the feedlot’s application, expanding from fewer than 900 head of cattle to 6,999 would produce an estimated 13,900 tons of manure a year. By choosing to stay right under 7,000 head ...

“A lot of feedlot owners do not land apply their own manure and rather hire the service out to commercial applicators, licensed by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture,” Rohlfing said.

The proposed changes for permits covering over 1,000 feedlots across Minnesota would require operators to track down more documentation from farmers who buy manure to apply to their fields ...

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.