Liquified manure, wads of uneaten hay, gallons of sour milk and juices from rotting cow carcasses.
State environmental inspectors say those are the suspected ingredients of a toxic stew that has repeatedly overtaken a stream in northeast Maryland in recent years. It turns the water a sickly green, kills fish by the thousands and gives off a foul odor.
The alleged culprit is Kilby Farms, an industrial-scale dairy operation that, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), is unleashing wave after wave of pollution. It flows into Basin Run, a tributary of the Susquehanna River that formerly abounded with aquatic life…