WEST UNION, Iowa -- Livestock producers and environmentalists disagreed last week on what the passing score should be on the master matrix during a statewide public hearing. Several county supervisors ...

Loopholes in state law let hog confinement operations open in some surprising rural areas of Iowa, and there's very little people living nearby can do. It all comes down to the Master Matrix. All but ...

MARENGO - Gary Netser acknowledged the Iowa County Board of Supervisors’ decision to pass a construction evaulation resolution for larger livestock operations, allowing the county to use the state’s ...

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement and Food & Water Watch have petitioned the DNR to revise and update the master matrix to give local communities a real role in approving or rejecting CAFOs. The ...

Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are damaging our environment, including water quality, throughout Iowa. Over the last 15 years or so, efforts to strengthen the master matrix continue.

The Story County Board of Supervisors hopes for better fortune with the wintry Iowa weather on Jan. 29, the rain date (or snow date) for the upcoming meeting at Gates Hall in Nevada to get input and ...

Following our well attended public hearing and denial of the application for Grey Owl II Inc. manure management matrix, to which neither the producer nor the compliance officer of the application ...

The Story County Board of Supervisors will host a public meeting Tuesday to address possible changes in the system it uses to evaluate applications for livestock confinements. The meeting to gain ...