Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill 271 into law limiting the power of county health officials in the state impacting their oversight on agriculture related issues.
Missouri Soybean Association Executive Director and CEO Gary Wheeler tells Brownfield similar legislation already existed in the state, but clarification was needed.
“It included a provision that the fixed what a court interpreted to be a weak spot in Senate Bill 391 which was the previous bill we passed a few years ago dealing with all these local ordinances on CAFOs,” Wheeler said.
