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Citing what it says is mounting public support, a group of environmental, legislative and farm leaders called Tuesday for a moratorium on new confined animal feeding operations, saying the large-scale livestock-raising facilities pollute Iowa s water and air and harm rural communities.
Rep. Art Staed of Cedar Rapids and Sen. Pam Jochum of Dubuque, both Democrats, introduced complementary bills that call for Iowa to halt construction of new CAFOs. It s the fourth year groups have proposed a moratorium.
So far, efforts have been unsuccessful, given opposition from Republicans who control the Iowa House, Senate and governor s office, the groups said.
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Groups make another push to end ‘factory farms’
Bills calling for a statewide moratorium on new factory farms are not expected to gain much traction in the Iowa legislature this session.
Several groups are working to stop the development of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, which they say pollute the air and water, impact the quality of life, and devalue nearby land.
Drew Mogler, a spokesman for the Iowa Pork Producers Association, says if the legislation is approved, it would be a disaster for the state of Iowa and for the pork industry.
Feb 09, 2021
Dennis Liljedahl, a second-generation pig farmer from Essex, is the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA). The change in leadership followed the IPPA annual meeting on Jan. 26. Liljedahl, who had served as president-elect in 2020, replaces Mike Paustian of Walcott. Paustian now holds the past president position on the IPPA Board of Directors. Both will serve one-year terms in those roles.
Liljedahl has been a member of the IPPA Board of Directors since 2016, when he was elected by pig farmers in his area to represent them as the District 5 Director. He became a member of the executive committee in 2018. He has served on several IPPA committees and has been chairman of two - the public relations and research committees. He has also represented IPPA on two Iowa trade missions, one to China in 2017 and one to South Korea and Taiwan in 2019.
(Clive, Iowa) February 8, 2021 – Dennis Liljedahl, a second-generation pig farmer from
Essex, is the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA). The change in leadership followed the IPPA annual meeting on Jan. 26. Liljedahl, who had served as president-elect in 2020, replaces Mike Paustian of Walcott. Paustian now holds the past president position on the IPPA Board of Directors. Both will serve one-year terms in those roles.
Liljedahl has been a member of the IPPA Board of Directors since 2016, when he was elected by pig farmers in his area to represent them as the District 5 Director. He became a member of the executive committee in 2018. He has served on several IPPA committees and has been chairman of two – the public relations and research committees. He has also represented IPPA on two Iowa trade missions, one to China in 2017 and one to South Korea and Taiwan in 2019.
Feb 08, 2021
The past year of living through COVID-19 has made everyone aware of what pork producers have known for some time. There are severe negative economic impacts and movement constraints that come with a foreign disease entering the U.S.
That s why county delegates at the recent Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) annual meeting in Des Moines supported two resolutions that would build a more efficient system for managing swine health incidents.
The first was a resolution asking Iowa pig farmers to record and maintain their pig movement records with both the source premises and destination premises identification numbers (PIN or Prem ID) in a format that would be readily available to send to the Iowa state veterinarian in the event of a foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak.