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Committee debates letting towns regulate livestock on small lots, and sets standard for swine-waste rules
Summary
The Agriculture Committee reviewed an amendment that would allow municipalities to regulate the raising, feeding or managing of livestock on parcels under one contiguous acre and to set performance standards for swine waste in designated downtowns when the Secretary of Agriculture cannot provide redress under RAPs.
The Agriculture Committee reviewed a strike-all amendment to municipal regulation of agriculture that would narrow the Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs) exemption and give towns limited authority to address swine waste and small-parcel livestock.
The change would make ‘‘raising, feeding, or managing livestock’’ on farms under one contiguous acre subject to municipal zoning even when other farming activities on the same parcel remain exempt under RAPs, and it would allow municipalities in designated downtowns or village centers to adopt performance standards for swine waste when the Secretary of Agriculture is unable to address an adverse…
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