Oh, yeah, it does rain sometimes, huh?

Dave Russell of Brownfields Ag News breaks the big story:

Heavy rain in parts of Indiana is causing some concerns for livestock producers with manure storage lagoons. Ryan Westerfeld, Agricultural Liaison for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) tells Brownfield producers with a potential problem should contact IDEM immediately.

“They can call the spill line at 1-888-233-7745,” said Westerfeld. “They can provide technical assistance to the producer and explain some emergency actions that can take place.”

Westerfeld says options available to producers with potential problems include building a dike around the existing lagoon to control any overflow, or they could construct emergency storage, but before doing that the producer must contact IDEM. The emergency spill number again is 888-233-7745.

Link.

Now, some more cynical folks might ask, didn’t IDEM know about rain when it approved these CAFO’s?

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