An Iowa farmer who operated an unlicensed custom cattle feeding operation known as “Fawn Hollow” in Clayton County has pled guilty in federal court to one count of theft of livestock, one count of wire fraud, and one count of false bankruptcy declaration, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa.
In his plea agreement, Michael Wayne Butikofer, from Monona, admitted he operated a large farming operation in Northeastern Iowa known as “Fawn Hollow,” from his home farm outside St. Olaf, Iowa, and at satellite locations elsewhere in Iowa and Wisconsin….
