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Manure pits reportedly overflow at 16 large feedlots in southern Minnesota
Heavy rain has spilled an unknown amount of livestock waste into the environment.
By Greg Stanley and Christopher Vondracek Star Tribune
JUNE 25, 2024 — 1:15PM
Relentless rains this month have caused the manure pits of at least 16 large feedlots in southwestern Minnesota to overflow, releasing unknown amounts of livestock waste into the environment.
The overflows, all at open pit lagoons, happened in Rock, Nobles and Jackson counties, said Andrea Cournoyer, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The agency is working to monitor and mitigate environmental damage from the spills, she said.
High concentrations of manure can be dangerous to human health and can cause fish kills and threaten water quality even after floodwaters recede.
The state's largest feedlots — those with more than 1,000 animal units — are required to report any manure overflows to the state. State regulators ask smaller…
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https://www.startribune.com/manure-...rge-feedlots-in-southern-minnesota/600376074/
Heavy rain has spilled an unknown amount of livestock waste into the environment.
By Greg Stanley and Christopher Vondracek Star Tribune
JUNE 25, 2024 — 1:15PM
Relentless rains this month have caused the manure pits of at least 16 large feedlots in southwestern Minnesota to overflow, releasing unknown amounts of livestock waste into the environment.
The overflows, all at open pit lagoons, happened in Rock, Nobles and Jackson counties, said Andrea Cournoyer, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The agency is working to monitor and mitigate environmental damage from the spills, she said.
High concentrations of manure can be dangerous to human health and can cause fish kills and threaten water quality even after floodwaters recede.
The state's largest feedlots — those with more than 1,000 animal units — are required to report any manure overflows to the state. State regulators ask smaller…
:tiphat:
https://www.startribune.com/manure-...rge-feedlots-in-southern-minnesota/600376074/