North Carolina § 106-700 - Legislative determination and declaration of policy.

§ 106-700. Legislative determination and declaration of policy.

It is the declared policy of the State to conserve and protect and encourage the development and improvement of its agricultural land and forestland for the production of food, fiber, and other products. When other land uses extend into agricultural and forest areas, agricultural and forestry operations often become the subject of nuisance suits. As a result, agricultural and forestry operations are sometimes forced to cease. Many others are discouraged from making investments in farm and forest improvements. It is the purpose of this Article to reduce the loss to the State of its agricultural and forestry resources by limiting the circumstances under which an agricultural or forestry operation may be deemed to be a nuisance. History (1979, c. 202, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 892, s. 1.) Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1979 administrative law, see 58 N.C.L. Rev. 1185 (1980). For comment, "The Eight Million Little Pigs - A Cautionary Tale: Statutory and Regulatory Responses to Concentrated Hog Farming," see 31 Wake Forest L. Rev. 851 (1996). For note, "Hog Farms and Nuisance Law in Parker v. Barefoot: Has North Carolina Become a Hog Heaven and Waste Lagoon?," see 77 N.C. L. Rev. 2355 (1999). For article, "The 'Right to Commit Nuisance' in North Carolina: A Historical Analysis of the Right-to-Farm Act," see 94 N.C.L. Rev. 2097 (2016). For article, "Legal, Ethical, and Policy Implications of New Gene-Editing Technologies: Before We Make a Pig's Ear of It: How North Carolina Hog-Farming Nuisance Suits Provide Context for the Ethics of Gene Editing Livestock,” see 97 N.C.L. Rev. 1273 (2019).