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Palo Alto County approves five 14‑day waivers for hog operations
Summary
Supervisors approved five separate 14‑day waivers for hog sites (Hawkeye Gold Farms LLP; BSC Ag LLP; Ample Farms LLP; Pine Oak Farms LLP; Summit Farms Pork LLC), each passed unanimously with location details recorded in resolution files.
The Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors approved five separate 14‑day temporary waivers related to hog facility operations during its March 10 meeting.
The board approved Resolution No. 3-10-2026-A for Hawkeye Gold Farms LLP (Ellington Township, Section 9) and Resolution No. 3-10-2026-B for BSC Ag LLP (Nevada Township, Section 31). Subsequent motions approved Resolution No. 3-10-2026-C for Ample Farms LLP (Ellington Township, Section 29), Resolution No. 3-10-2026-D for Pine Oak Farms LLP (Ellington Township, Section 33), and Resolution No. 3-10-2026-E for Summit Farms Pork LLC (Ellington Township, Section 2). Each resolution passed by unanimous vote, with motions introduced and seconded by board members as recorded in the minutes.
Zoning and Solid Waste manager Aletha King met with the board to present the waiver requests before the board acted. The minutes record formal adoption of each waiver but do not detail conditions attached to the waivers in the meeting text. The approvals were recorded as Ayes: Faulstick, Merrill, Graettinger, Wirtz, Solberg; Nays: None.
