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Lawsuit May Affect Livestock Farmers

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published May 31, 2018 at 12:30 PM CDT
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hogs on the Ewoldt farm in Scott County, Iowa
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Scott County farmer Rob Ewoldt
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People who live next to large livestock operations sometimes sue their neighbor over strong manure smells and air quality issues. But a successful lawsuit in North Carolina showed how to go after meat companies instead. 

Harvest Public Media’s Madelyn Beck explains how that could affect the future of contract livestock growing.

(includes interview with Scott County farmer, Rob Ewoldt)

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Herb Trix
A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.
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