Iowa DNR issues 110 "emergency exemptions" to factory farms
Iowa DNR issues 110 "emergency exemptions" to factory farms. Compared to zero in the last three years, members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement are worried about what this means for Iowa's water crisis.
$4.5 million public dollars in Iowa go to subsidizing factory farms
According to fiscal services at the Iowa State Capitol, counties are losing at least $4.5 million dollars in revenue through property tax exemptions to the factory farm industry. Factory farms are benefiting from a tax law loophole that makes their manure pits exempt from property taxation.