Opinion: Court tells Iowan to 'take one for the team' on CAFO odor
Iowa writer: State law provides livestock producers with broad immunity from lawsuits as long as they comply with state and federal regulations.
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Iowa writer: State law provides livestock producers with broad immunity from lawsuits as long as they comply with state and federal regulations.
Opinion: 20 years later, Vilsack can re-establish science in agriculture To meet the Biden administration goal of reducing greenhouse gases by half by 2030, animal agriculture must play an important role. James Merchant and David Osterberg Guest columnists In 2001, Gov. Tom Vilsack asked the deans of the colleges of Agriculture at Iowa State University and Public Health at the University of Iowa to assemble a joint committee of faculty to address complaints arising from air emissions from concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. Twenty-seven well-qualified faculty from both universi...