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Complaint ID - 14645

Bob Keller - 311180862

16845 Xavier Avenue Granger, IA 50109

Dallas County

FO 5

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Flies in Dallas County.pdf	Letter (public)	03/21/2012	E-mail from Kenneth Holscher at Iowa State University

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4/16/2012	On April 16, 2012 Ted Trewin replied to me as follows: I spoke with sue and she indicated that the flies are down but still around the property. So not sure on if the flies will leave or stay and I guess only time will tell. Ted Trewin, CIOWTS Environmental Health Director	BILL GIBBONS
4/16/2012	On April 16, 2012 I replied to Ted Trewin as follows: Thanks for the information Ted. How are things at the residence where the complaint originated? Sincerely, Bill Gibbons	BILL GIBBONS
4/16/2012	On April 16, 2012 I received the following E-mail from Ted Trewin with Dallas County (see attached document from Kenneth Holscher at ISU: Here is the information that I received from Ken at ISU. I will be calling the person who called in the complaint and will go from there. Ted Trewin, CIOWTS Environmental Health Director	BILL GIBBONS
3/23/2012	Continuation of E-mail to Ted Trewin on March 21, 2012: I did talk to Sue Musich who lives near the Bob Keller operation. It sounds like there is a bad fly problem at her place. She seems to think this all started when the Bob Keller confinement was constructed. I left a message for Bob to call me to talk about the problem as well and he called me back. They are spraying in the buildings four days a week to kill the fly larva and also around the fan shrouds to kill them as they try to get outside. Bob said they had a person come in from Hy-Line (who they grow for) and he gave them some suggestions on how to reduce the fly population. Bob said they are looking to purchase a piece of equipment that is called a manure mulcher. This is a machine that goes on the front of a skid loader. First they put the manure in wind rows and then they go through the windrow with the mulcher and stir it; by doing this it is like composting the manure which keeps the temperature of the pile up and kills the fly larva. This coincides with what Stoney Hinshaw was telling me. Bob seemed to be very concerned about the problem and the neighbor complaints. He also related that the warm temperatures early this spring had contributed to the problem. He said as the spring goes on and temperatures stay warm the manure in the buildings will get drier which should also help control the situation. I told Bob you would likely be giving him a call. Sincerely, Bill Gibbons	BILL GIBBONS
3/23/2012	I sent the following E-mail to Ted Trewin in response to this complaint: Ted, I was mistaken the other day when I said the Bob Keller Site was a small animal feeding operation. They expanded last year and added another building. The site now has 80,000 chickens which is 800 Animal Units which requires a Manure Management Plan. However since this is a poultry site the manure is a dry manure and they can register with IDALS (Iowa Department of Land Stewardship) for a certificate to land apply dry manure. In this case the he pays the yearly compliance fee to DNR for the number of animals but the manure storage and land application are regulated through the Iowa Department of Land Stewardship (Iowa Department of Agriculture). We do have phone numbers for Bob Keller they are as follows: Cell – (515) 729-7040 Home – (515) 992-3573 I also put in a call to Stoney Hinshaw who is the manager of Fremont Farms in Malcom. They are a very large egg laying operation and I thought I would ask what they do to control flies. I talked to Stoney this afternoon and he said one of the problems is when they ship out birds and bring in new ones in they wash down the building which gets the manure wet. Stoney said they use fogger and fly bait. Stoney said the fly bait can be put on a dry floor; it attracts the flies and kills them almost instantly. He also said any storage piles should be worked like compost such that they should be turned over to keep the temperature high which will kill any Fly larva. Stoney also mentioned that the fly problem in the last few weeks was increased by the high temperatures which are not common this time of year. Bob raises these chickens for Hy-Line and they should be able to assist him with the problem.	BILL GIBBONS

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16845 Xavier Avenue Granger, IA 50109

Dallas County

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