Supreme Beef applies again for manure plan for cattle feedlot
Supporters and critics speak at a public hearing about nutrient management plan for 11,600-head cattle feedlot.
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Supporters and critics speak at a public hearing about nutrient management plan for 11,600-head cattle feedlot.
Owners of an 11,600-head cattle feedlot in northeast Iowa withdrew their application for a manure management plan after a public hearing in which opponents said there were errors and omissions in the plan.
A half-dozen people -- some who have opposed Supreme Beef since 2017 -- spoke against the feedlot’s new proposed nutrient management plan at a virtual public hearing Tuesday attended by nearly 40 people.
A cattle feedlot near Monona must submit a new manure plan to the state after a Polk County judge overturned state approval of the previous plan.
Polk County Judge Scott Rosenberg said the DNR used “illogical interpretations and applications to approve a nutrient management plan for the feedlot" when approving Supreme Beef's manure management plan near the headwaters of a prized trout stream.