Secret Plan to Dump Slaughterhouse Waste Blindsided Residents of Iowa’s Loess Hills

Monona County officials and residents fear a repeat of the communication gaps and loopholes that left them caught off guard by a plan to import treated slaughterhouse manure.

By: Anika Jane Beamer, Inside Climate News

Outlets: Sentient

Published: August 28, 2026

Words: 1,649

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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In a matter of days, a dirt pit the size of five football fields appeared next to the weathered headstones of Center Cemetery in Castana, Iowa.

The excavation site sits on the edge of the Loess Hills, a 200-mile corridor of craggy bluffs and ridges bordering the Missouri River …

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