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Judge Fines Livestock Companies

November 22, 2014

(Des Moines)– A judge has penalized two north-central Iowa companies for failing to submit manure management plans to Iowa regulators.

A news release from the Iowa Attorney General’s Office says Kossuth County District Judge Nancy Whittenburg on Wednesday ordered a total penalty of $40,000 be assessed against General Development based in Algona, and Kollasch Land and Livestock Incorporated based in Whittemore.

The penalty resolves a lawsuit filed by state against the companies owners. The two companies operate hog confinement operations in Kossuth and Palo Alto counties.

The state says the defendants have now completed the required manure management plans.

Manure management plans are required of all animal feeding operations, except very small ones.

(From the Associated Press.).