Overview of State Laws Relating to the Amount of Space Given to Farm Animals

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I am speaking today in Atlantic City at the New Jersey State Bar Association’s (“NJSBA”) Annual Meeting on a couple farm animal law issues.  One of the topics that I will be addressing today includes an overview of state legislation/regulation over the amount of space given to farm animals. Seven states have had laws sponsored by the Humane Society of …

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Dates For Your Calendar

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Winter is always jammed packed with agriculture conferences and livestock events.  I wish that I was in Seattle right now for the American Farm Bureau Federation (“AFBF”) annual meeting.  I’m still debating whether I will be heading to the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado next week for the Simmental Show.  It’s my favorite cattle show (and this blog made …

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Ohio Puts The Livestock Care Standards Board To Vote

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In the midst of Ohio 4-H County Fair season, the state’s legislature took the initiative this summer to try to create a 13-member Livestock Care Standards Board as an amendment to Section 1 of the Article XIV of the Ohio Constitution.  The Joint Resolution of the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate passed on July 13, 2009; therefore, the constitutional …

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