State Supreme Court Says Wisconsin Law Bars Stricter Local Rules for Cattle Farms

摘要

Ruling that local governments have limited power to regulate livestock facilities, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has barred a municipality from imposing more restrictive water quality standards on a farm than envisioned under state law (Adams v. Wisconsin Livestock Facilities Siting Review Board, Wis. No. 2009AP608, 7/11/12). In a 5-2 decision July 11, the Supreme Court ruled the Town of Magnolia lacked proper authority to place environmental conditions on a dairy farm operating as Larson Acres Inc.