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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...