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Farm leader warns: state and federal rules — from APR recycling to overtime — are reshaping Livingston County agriculture
Summary
At a Livingston County forum a Noblehurst Farms representative outlined how proposed and enacted policies — including an extended producer responsibility bill, the Birds and Bees seed restrictions, and a phased overtime rule lowering threshold to 40 hours by 2032 — could raise costs and affect farm competitiveness, while federal action on immigration and tariffs remains a top lobbying focus.
At a public forum in Livingston County a presenter speaking for Noblehurst Farms and the local Farm Bureau detailed a string of policy developments he said will materially affect local farmers, particularly dairies.
On state policy the presenter flagged an extended producer responsibility measure (referred to as the "APR" bill) that would make producers responsible for end‑of‑life management of products they sell. "This bill really aims to make producers responsible for the end of life management of the products that they sell," he said, and cautioned the current drafts contain few agriculture‑specific protections for milk plants and feed mills.
He also noted a recently enacted measure he called the Birds…
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