Hog buyer fined again for cheating hog sellers
Lynch Livestock of Waucoma faces a new civil penalty of 445,626 dollars after a consent order found it falsified hog purchases by manipulating scales at its Waucoma station between 2018 and 2020. The USDA noted prior actions in 2017 and 2018, with ongoing cooperation from the company. Gary Lynch, 74, is a longtime Iowa political donor. the firm operates 39 buying stations across six states and sells hogs to major packers.
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Iowa State
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Johnsonville Sausage
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Packers and Stockyards Act
Iowa Park Producers Association
Iowa Select Farms
Jeff Hansen
Accidental drowning ruled in Iowa farm digester death
Robert Baenziger Jr., a 54 year old East Mol ine resident and scuba diver, died June 8 in a Stockton digester tank while repairing an agitator cable at Sievers Family Farm. Autopsy confirmed accidental drowning after toxicology results.
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Chicago
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U.S. Army
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Thegazette
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