The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether juries should be able to determine if spreading a fertilizer made from recycled sewage sludge, known as biosolids, constitutes a “normal agricultural practice.”

On Oct. 9, the justices granted allocatur in Gilbert v. Synagro Central specifically to address whether, based on precedent that statutes of repose and statutory interpretation present questions of law for the courts, juries or courts should determine if spreading biosolids constitutes a “normal agricultural operation” under the Right to Farm Act.

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