Limits of Leverage The livestock industry is awaiting word from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether it will hear its challenge to California’s Prop 12 but already there are possible cracks appearing in states going it alone. The state of Massachusetts had adopted its version of Prop 12 on animal welfare called Question 3, but now legislators are voting to delay its implementation. Massachusetts has one-sixth the population of California and ranks number 47 out of 50 states in agricultural production. Suppliers have not been quick enough to change their production methods to satisfy the demands of such a smaller market. Now California’s role as the top agricultural producer is threatened by climate change. Farmers are being paid t...