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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

The December report showed cattle and calves on feed in large feedlots (greater than 1,000 head) totaled 11.727 million head on Dec. 1. USDA livestock analyst Michael McConnell says inventory levels ...

The number of cattle in large U.S. feedlots on Jan. 1 at 11.8 million head was down 107,000 and 0.9% from a year earlier. Of the largest feedlot states, Texas and Kansas were each down 80,000 head ...

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 ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking input on an update to its animal feedlot rules, which regulate about 17,000 sites in the state. A room full of attendees at the Chatfield Center for ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recently summarized comments received from the public as they work to amend rules that regulate animal feedlots and manure storage in the state. The request for ...

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 ...

Jun. 26—ROCHESTER — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has proposed new rules for feedlots and manure management to address the issue of nitrates in the groundwater. The proposed changes, ...