Three ways DNR can improve water quality, but is choosing not to
In May, Iowa’s factory farm rules were opened up for a 5-year review – meaning it was the Iowa DNR’s opportunity to fix problems within their factory farm permitting and enforcement authority that would protect and improve Iowa’s water quality. Instead, they chose to do nothing.
22 billion gallons of manure: who’s responsible, where does it go?
We hear two questions about the factory farm industry often:Where do the billions of gallons of manure go?Who is responsible for the factory farms? The individual farmer or are corporations involved?