Bill to protect farms from spying could limit access to CAFO data

By Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch
Jan 21, 2025
Jan 21, 2025

SD CAFO legislation 1.jpg — Pigs visit the feeder in a hog barn.
Submitted photo

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By Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch

Proposed legislation aimed at protecting South Dakota farmers from potential "agro-terrorism" activities could have a secondary effect of limiting access to information about the state's largest animal feeding operations.

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SD CAFO legislation 2.jpg — Young turkeys are grown in long barns.
Submitted photo

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SD CAFO legislation 3.jpg — An egg-laying operation in Plankinton, S.D.
Submitted photo from South Dakota News Watch

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