Several legal issues face the dairy industry in 2014, and dairy farmers should be aware of these legal issues and how they might impact the farm, said Melissa O’Rourke, a farm and agribusiness management specialist with Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach at a Dairy Days event in Bloomfield last week.

O’Rourke said the Iowa Sup­reme Court surprised nearly everyone in Iowa agriculture with its February 2013 decision regarding liability for injuries that occur...