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Wright County holds multiple public hearings on confinement‑site expansions and manure management
Summary
At consecutive hearings the Wright County Board of Supervisors reviewed matrix scores and manure management plans for three confinement‑site proposals (Buffalo site, Lake Township, Huntley Farm). Officials and consultants described capacity changes, new irrigation application technology, and next steps for local review.
The Wright County Board of Supervisors opened and closed public hearings on proposed livestock confinement expansions affecting Vernon Township, Lake Township and Boone Township, hearing technical details and raising site‑specific concerns.
Consultant Krauss of Pinnacle Group, Iowa Falls, told the board the Huntley Farm site (Boone Township, section 14) was built as a roughly 4,400‑head facility and the proposal would increase stocking density by about 400 head. Krauss said the operation’s new manure management plan would produce roughly 1.5 million gallons annually and that the operation has spreading acreage and irrigation capacity well in excess…
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