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Attorney General Josh Stein
North Carolina’s “ag-gag” law, which curbs watchdogs’ ability to document wrongdoing in “non-public areas” of their places of employment, is again before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Attorney General Josh Stein’s office has appealed that decision on behalf of defendants, the state and UNC Chapel Hill. The NC Farm Bureau Federation had also intervened in the case on behalf of the defense. The plaintiffs then cross-appealed. They include animal rights advocates, including Farm Forward, PETA, Food and Water Watch and the ASPCA. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press also filed a friend of the court brief supporting the plaintiffs.
iStock: Jevtic A lot happened in 2020, both on and off the farm. Here’s a timeline of some of the headlines that caught farmers’ attention over the last year. Catch up on what you missed!
January At the beginning of 2020, farmers were looking back on the 2019 growing season and planning for the year ahead. David Hula shared a few of the practices that were key in winning the 2019 National Corn Yield Contest with 616.195-bushel-per-acre yield. Starbucks outraged many in the agriculture community when they announced plans to cut back on dairy products as part of a new sustainability plan. Dairy Management, Inc. and other industry groups responded by emphasizing that both plants and animals play a critical role in the health of people and our world.