Michigan banning livestock on small farms?

Just a thought be very careful who you elect to public office. Ask hard questions make them answer the questions and hold them to what they say.

If you don't like the farm environment don't move next to a farm. If you don't like industry, don't move next to an industrial park! If you don't like neighbors with noisy hobbies, don't move next someone who practices a noisy hobby! If you don't like a quiet, peaceful property, don't move next to quiet, peaceful people. When one moves into a new home or location, one does not have the right to impose one's own standards on the people already living there, with the exception of one's basic human rights.

Throughout the USA, farmland and old industrial land is increasingly being rezoned for residential use. That does not obligate the surrounding farms, industries, shooting ranges, airports, etcetera to close their businesses to please their new neighbors. The new neighbors have an obligation to carefully inspect the property before buying and find out about all neighboring land and its current and potential future uses. Before purchasing a piece of land, one has an obligation to find out about the land's past use, resources, minerals, ores, gems, natural geographic anomalies such as faults, springs, water table, and more. Before purchasing a piece of land, one has an obligation to find out about all legal attachments such as other claimants, deeds, mineral rights, liens, rights of way, adverse possessions, local domains, eminent domains, tribal claims, and more. One should look for the obvious as well. The fifty foot high berm behind the shooting range next door should be telling the real estate developer that the property under consideration might not be a good place for an HOA condominium complex. Don't count on bullying the existing property owners into selling or closing their activities. Don't count on using your clout in local politics to shut down your neighbors. You don't have that right. You are the newcomer. They are established in the neighborhood. Newcomers don't have the right to tell old timers to cease and desist for the newcomers pleasure. The newcomers have the option not to move in.

This just sounds stupid. When you tour a house before you buy it and hear a cow moo or a horse neigh or a rooster crow....its a pretty good indication it's gonna still happen when you move in. I have 10 acres with 6 horses, 3 goats & 3 dogs with neighbors just a stone throw away by the house. What else would you use a good chunk of acreage for if not to have livestock? I guess you could have a huge garden like one of my neighbors but then you might get lawsuits for the vegetables attracting too many bunnies. Stupid vegetables causing trouble

I'm in the Southwest Virgina area which is mostly rural. Our laws seem to favor anyone who wants to farm. We love it here. People still wave when you drive by. People leave their keys in the car and their doors unlocked(for now). You're kinda strange if you don't own a gun and drive a truck. lol Having said that, most people have to drive at least 20 min to get to a grocery store. Wal-Mart is the largest store in the area, but we've gotten used to it and find the longer we're here, the more I like the peacefulness and freedom to do what we want on/with our own land. Plus you can't beat the gorgeous mountain views. If you ever feel you have to move, I highly recommend it. ;-)

Bummer. The only suggestion is to sell and go really rural, to an area in which not many people want to live.
Move to a "bad school district".
Sorry for your situation.

Hope that doesnt happen in Texas. I want to get some property one day and have a few goats as pets (I can have 2 Pygmys in my suburb but my backyard isnt big enough for them)

I really do not see where losing our rights in any form as a good idea..We already have a animal control so really this is a bad idea..
Remember what real freedom felt like??? We need to stop this ignorant law this will be enforced just like blight and a hundred other laws they will just say it was your nieghbor driving wedges..Watch and see..

I will continue to grow and raise whatever the hell I want until they force me otherwise...then I will move out of state. This amendment protects big Ag not the little guy. -Michelle at Kaleva Creek.

there was also another article stating that they did not renew the right to farm act, they let it expire. a small 6 acre farm in Gwinn , mi. is being closed down due to this.

any power taken from the people and given to the government is a bad deal. you move to the country your gonna smell manure, you move near an airport your going to hear planes, you live near an interstate cars so on and so on.

Had to re-sub, as you might remember, we are HOPING to move to Michigan.
And thank you again for your information. I think we are going to go to the outskirts of Ann Arbor. Stopped by because I wanted to see (hear) what you had to say on this subject. Good to hear your input because so many people just concentrate on the negative, and there are many negatives these days. One day at a time : ) Maybe time to build some wooden fences to keep out the eyes?

The reason I moved to the country was to be around people who have farm animals. I love the sounds and the smells. I have a neighbor with chickens and I love to hear the roosters crow in the morning. Right now, I have rabbits and I'm hoping to get chickens in the future. I hope we don't have a problem with the government here in Florida.

In some places, horses are an exception to the rule. I see this as pure snobbery and class prejudice, because big useless expensive pasture decoration is okay, but useful, food producing, animals are kept out. I know you love horses and don't see them that way, but that's the way most owners treat them in my area.

This sort of law worries me. It's one of those 'flexible' laws (until someone, with some power, decides to be inflexible) that make those that aren't being it's victims, grateful, and those that are, with no way out. except to go elsewhere. I have a friend that had to leave her home (rent it out, and go stay with her 70 year old parents, in another state) because the town she lived in, passed a law where you could have NO MORE than 5 pets. She had that many cats, and 3 poodles.
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The right to farm act is like the right to work act, the words are so misleading!!! You are right, the right to farm act was made to protect big busness. When the powers that be found that there was a loop hole that allowed little enterprises to use it, they moved to close it and the result is what you see now. This is all about driving the little guys out of business !!! We, the little people don't matter any more to our elected officials because they are bought and sold by big money. !!!!

There's a petition now to reverse the decision at MoveOn.org

I can't believe this is going on...I've been helping Mark Baker with his struggles since you made me aware of them. This is just more of the same, it seems. How can they change a law that will affect so many people that have built their lives in a very specific way?? It seems as arbitrary as saying that next year no one can drive a car anymore. We are losing our country day by day.

when u read it do you belive it applies to u

Wish ya luck!

Would there be any Grandfathering in? It seems unreasonable to expect someone who has had animals for 20 years to just give them up.

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