Animal rights activists continue to threaten animal agriculture and a recent ruling in Iowa, overturning a law that made it illegal to get a job at a livestock farm to conduct an “undercover investigation,” is just one more hurdle that our industry has to cross. Running a livestock operation is a huge responsibility that takes constant attention and focus. Trade tariffs, foreign animal disease, prices and daily production tasks keep farmers up late at night as it is. The last thing farmers need these days is to play undercover cop, digging into a potential employee’s background to see if they might have ill intentions when applying for a job. But now, it looks like farmers in Iowa and other states that are not covered by farm protection legislation will need to do just that. –Drovers Read more…