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TOP HEADLINES
With wheat prices low, Oklahoma grain elevators are getting quite full:
Oklahoma farmers are hauling in the best wheat harvest in years, but there may not be anywhere to put it all [NewsOK].
Fallin approves most of state budget bill:
Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday signed the fiscal year 2017 budget bill to fund state government [Tulsa World].
Primaries may give glimpse of voters’ anger:
Midyear cuts to public schools and other state services, along with a looming budget crisis, helped draw a record number of political newcomers to races for state House and Senate offices in Oklahoma this year. Legislators will soon learn if the same general discontent exists among voters, who head to the polls June 28 for Oklahoma’s statewide primary election [The Oklahoman].
Economy is weathering energy drop, but consumers aren’t so sure:
Oklahoma’s economy has fared better than some other energy states, but consumers still aren’t too optimistic, according to economic surveys released this week [The Oklahoman].
North Dakotans reconsider a corporate farming ban, and their values:
Starting in 1932, North Dakota law barred nonfamily corporations from owning farmland or operating farms. But that changed in March of last year when the state Legislature passed a bill that would relax the corporate farming ban and Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed it into law [New York Times].
Bayer waiting for Monsanto to engage after spurned bid, sources say:
Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, has still not opened its books more than two weeks after it rejected Bayer AG’s $62 billion acquisition offer but left the door open to a possible deal, according to people familiar with the matter [St. Louis Post-Dispatch].
Dear conservatives, you can go green again:
Conservatives used to be almost by definition conservationists, focused on preserving our shared heritage from destructive influences [New York Times].
A guide to the new food labels, coming to a yogurt near you:
I admit the Nutrition Facts label will probably never be a riveting read, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hopes the more consumer-friendly label will help us all make more healthful and more informed decisions around what we choose to eat [Seattle Times].
