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Iowa CCI Issues Action Alert on Bill That Would Severely Restrict Manure Ban on Frozen and Snow-Covered GroundOn Tuesday, February 9, the Iowa House Agriculture Committee unanimously passed out of committee HF 2324, a bill that would severely weaken a ban on the application of factory farm manure on froz |
US Bill Would Ban Nontherapeutic Antibiotics in LivestockA bill introduced by US Representative Louis Slaughter would change the way antibiotics are used on factory farms. |
More Added to Iowa's Impaired Waterways ListThe US Environmental Protection Agency approved Iowa's state list of impaired waters, which added 105 water bodies to the DNR's list of imp |
Did Swine Flu Come from a CAFO?There has been much speculation by public health officials and the media that Swine Flu, renamed Influenza A (H1N1), is linked to a Smithfield Foods CAFO operating in Perote, Mexico. |
More Government Money for Pork IndustryIn September, US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack approved an additional $30 million in September to bail out the financially distressed pork industry after initially denying a $50 million reque |