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TOP HEADLINES
Farm rights defended:
The debated topic of Oklahoma’s “right to farm” the subject of State Question 777 was prominent during the Greater Lawton Rotary Club meeting Thursday [Lawton Constitution].
Passage of State Question 777 would protect farmers, ranchers, proponents say:
Supporters of a state question that would grant constitutional rights to employ farming and ranching practices, procedures and technology billed the measure as one that protects consumer choice [Muskogee Phoenix].
Oklahoma farmers wrap up rain-delayed wheat harvest as drought hints at return:
Heavy rains delayed the 2016 wheat harvest in Oklahoma, but the yield could be better than recent years. Many farmers, however, are still making up losses from a drought that climatologists warn could be returning [StateImpact Oklahoma].
Hamilton: Will voter irritation last until November elections?:
Will voters still feel enough burn in November to give incumbents the heave-ho? We shall see [Journal Record].
Water, labor in focus as presidential hopefuls stump in California:
As Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald Trump wrapped up their parties’ presidential nominations with this week’s California primary wins, agricultural issues played a key role [Capital Press].
The weather-predicting tech behind $62 billion Monsanto bid:
Technoloy is boosting farmers’ productivitiy – and triggering buyout bids like Bayer’s [Bloomberg].
Agriculture groups rachet up pressure on EU over approval of GMO seeds:
A trans-Atlantic dispute over new genetically modified soybean varieties is escalating, as agriculture groups in the U.S. and Europe lambasted the European Commission for not yet approving new seeds [Wall Street Journal].
#FARMFACTFRIDAY
Oklahoma wheat producers rank No. 4 in the U.S. for winter wheat production over the past five years, with an average of 796 million bushels harvested per year, according to Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry. We’re thankful for the hard work of farmers as wheat harvest 2016 continues!
