JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Two bills in the Missouri Legislature are being promoted as ways to protect the family farmer, However, opponents say the bills smell foul because property owners’ rights are at stake.
The bills could allow large hog farms to move next to family farms and leave the little guy little recourse to address any negative impacts of a concentrated animal-feeding operation, or CAFO, opponents say. Tim Gibbons, spokesman for the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, says the bills would severely limit the rights of property owners – and not just those in rural areas.
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