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Iowa farmers happy, relieved by lawsuit dismissal
Iowa farm groups and farmers say they’re happy and relieved by the dismissal of the Des Moines Water Works lawsuit against three northwest Iowa counties.
“What we’ve been saying all along is a litigious scheme such as that really erodes momentum and cooperation around the need to make meaningful and long-term improvements in water quality,” says Iowa Soybean Association spokesman Aaron Putze.
The court’s decision, Putze says, “puts momentum back behind the job at hand—and that is to increase the scale and the pace of adoption of conservation practices for the betterment of all Iowans.”
Jolene Riessen of Ida Grove, president of the Sac-Ida Corn Growers chapter, says the lawsuit had potential implications for all farmers.
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