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Iowa Agriculture Runs on 110 Billion Pounds of Manure, at a Cost to Its Water

Inside Climate News · By Anika Jane Beamer · last updated
In the nation’s leading pork-producing state, animal waste fuels crop growth but impairs water quality in a leaky circular system.

By Anika Jane Beamer

During planting season in Iowa, Landon Plagge’s fields reek. Sour and earthy, almost like rotten eggs and fermenting hay, the scent repels the unacquainted nose. But Plagge is unbothered.