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Chicken waste refinery plan ditched

A prospective buyer of the former Justin Boot buildings had formulated a plan to make 3D-printed tiny homes in the main facility and a chicken waste refinery in the other, and the latter plan has shifted away from Cassville. Steve Walensky, Cassville city administrator, said possible buyer Steve Morrison had been working with the city for about the last year-and-a-half to two years.
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Legislators urge Fertilizer Control Board to take action

In an April 4 letter addressed to the director and members of the Missouri Fertilizer Control Board (MoFCB), six Missouri legislators — including two representing Barry County — urged the MoFCB to reconsider the practice of issuing fertilizer permits on behalf of the state’s fertilizer control program (FCP) for materials containing sludge, biosolids or other process wastes intended for land-application.
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