Judge hears elk farm arguments

The first day of a hearing asking the state government to compensate the owners of a local game farm for the effects of a state law, included arguments Wednesday by Kim and Cindy Kafka that Initiative-143 reduced the value of their Diamond K ranch to nothing.

The state, on the other side, argued that the property is still there, and that people entering the game farm industry knew what risks they were taking.

Kim Kafka said that after he spent several years investigating game farming, helping the state write regulations on the business, and investing time and money creating the ranch, I-143 wh...