Relentless rains this month have caused 17 manure pits at 15 large farms in southwestern Minnesota to overflow, releasing livestock waste into the environment. The overflows, all at open pit lagoons, ...

Feedlots likely contribute to the contamination of fresh produce in nearby fields, according to a study initiated after a deadly E. Coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. The 2018 outbreak sickened ...

I remember people raising a big stink about feedlots years and years ago. Why weren't the problems addressed or fixed back then? Well, it's because more and bigger feedlots continue to be planned, and ...

BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minn.- Feedlot operators and ag consultants voiced frustration and concern March 24 in Blooming Prairie about new regulations involving a required permit. Paul Brietzke, center, ...

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel’s Justice Department last month quietly agreed to a $50,000 fine for a large feedlot that polluted drinking water and streams in 2014 and 2015. Stahl Brothers ...

After an 11,600-head cattle feedlot was approved near Monona, Iowa environmental groups are trying to keep other large-scale animal confinements out of northeast Iowa. The Iowa Environmental Council ...