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 ...

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.

As one of 12 legislators who drafted the bill in 2002 that created the Master Matrix, a current member of the Floyd County Board of Supervisors tasked with reviewing Master Matrix applications, and a ...

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 ...

DES MOINES | The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports 88 of 99 Iowa counties plan to evaluate construction permit applications and proposed locations for animal confinements by using the ...

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 ...