In February, livestock producers tallied another important victory when a committee of the Iowa Senate approved legislation (House File 572; Senate File 520) previously passed by the Iowa House that would prohibit flying surveillance drones within 400 feet of open feedlots and animal confinements. Passed in an 87-to-10 House vote, the bill failed to reach the full Iowa Senate during the last legislative session but is now eligible to do so. Its provisions would create a new crime to fly drones, or other surveillance equipment, for an extended period of time, near farmsteads and livestock facilities.
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