Bar-G Feedyard near Summerfield is part of a vast constellation of feedlots that dot the western Panhandle.

Something in the Air

In the Texas Panhandle, which produces a fifth of the U.S. beef supply, communities are being choked by fecal dust from nearby feedlots. The state’s regulatory agency isn’t doing anything about it—and it’s about to get a whole lot worse.

by Christopher Collins

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