Section 33 Right-to-Farm Law

• Library: Environmental Law 2002 Supp Replacement chs

Odors from agricultural operations have prompted some neighbors to file nuisance suits against these operations. Under Missouri’s “right-to-farm” law, an agricultural operation may not be deemed a public or private nuisance as a result of changed conditions in the area if the facility has been operating more than one year and was not a nuisance when operation began. Section 537.295, RSMo 2000. An agricultural operation does not lose this protection if it reasonably expands its operation as long as the...