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TOP HEADLINES
For ‘Right to Farm’ state question:
Right to Farm means exactly what it says: It protects Oklahoma’s farms and ranches for Oklahoma’s family farmers and ranchers [The Oklahoman].
FEDERAL
Crop insurance: steady as she goes:
The federal crop insurance program is financially sound and growing, but continues to look for ways to expand its offerings and reduce its already low improper payment rate, Risk Management Agency Administrator Brandon Willis said today at a meeting with reporters [Agri-Pulse].
No appetite for corporate welfare:
The very concept of checkoffs is problematic. They are corporate welfare, pure and simple. The checkoffs take over functions that are rightfully in the purview of private associations [U.S. News & World Report].
People want GMO food labeled – which is pretty much all they know about GMOs:
The bill has been quick to stir the continued controversy about the safety of genetically engineered crops and a consumer’s right to avoid them. But if the politics surrounding GMOs are complicated, the attitudes of everyday Americans toward them may be even more so [Washington Post].
GMO labeling: Winners and losers:
Back to GMO labeling … MA knows you’ve probably been missing our intense coverage of the issue since the House passed the compromise bill on July 14. But as we wait for President Barack Obama to put his signature on the legislation, let’s take a look at the winners and losers [Politico].
ELECTIONS
Great American Farm Luncheon touts GOP, quiet on Trump:
A series of high-ranking Republicans July 20 urged farm leaders to be unified in supporting the Republican ticket this fall, but they barely mentioned the name of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, leaving the pitch for him to a Nebraska farmer and agribusiness executive who will chair Trump’s farm and rural committee [Ag Week].
Washington Week in Review: Recapping the Republican National Convention:
Amidst the flurry of the Republican National Convention, a group of ag stakeholders is forming to rally around GOP nominee Donald Trump. Agri-Pulse’s Phil Brasher and Spencer Chase have more from Cleveland [Agri-Pulse].
Fallin says Trump can unite a divided and fearful country:
Depicting Americans as divided and afraid, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said here Thursday Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump “will get this country on the right track.” [The Oklahoman].
