MARSHALL — Lyon County feedlot inspections didn’t find any violations in 2024, according to an annual report presented to county commissioners this week.

During Tuesday’s county board meeting, Courtney Williams with the Lyon County Soil and Water Conservation District presented the 2024 annual report for the Lyon County feedlot officer.

“Not much has changed on it, the way it looks,” Williams said.

Commissioners voted to approve the annual report.

Williams said the county currently had 270 feedlots on the register, which was down from 286. The county was required to inspect at least 20.5 feedlot sites in 2024, Williams said. A total of 21 feedlot sites were inspected.

“We did three that were in shoreland, 11 in the mid-range (of animal units), and seven that were in that higher range of animal units,” Williams said. According to the annual report, the middle range included feedlot sites of 50 to 299 animal units, and the higher range was for 300 or more animal units.

“For the inspections, we have to follow our delegation agreement work plan, and we have different categories of inspections that we have to meet,” she said. “All 21 (feedlot sites) did meet a category in our work plan.”

“On the feedlots you inspected, was there any violations out there that you’ve seen that had to be corrected?” said Commissioner Gary Crowley.

“No, not this year,” Williams said.

Williams said the county had two applications for feedlot permits in 2024. One permit application was for a manure lagoon, and the other was for a site remodel.

“Only one of those was required to have a public meeting, since the remodel was not changing animal units,” Williams said.

Williams said the SWCD had one outreach workshop in 2024, when it participated in the Highway 14 CLASIC tour. She said about 75 people attended the event.