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TOP HEADLINES
Incumbent Oklahoma lawmakers draw challengers for primary election:
More incumbents seeking re-election to the Oklahoma Legislature face a contested primary election than in years past [NewsOK].
Oklahoma Legislature rebuffs Gov. Mary Fallin’s ‘aggressive agenda’:
In the recently concluded legislative session, Gov. Mary Fallin called for Medicaid expansion, a $3,000 teacher pay raise, expanded sales and use taxes, school consolidation and a tobacco tax. She got none of it [The Oklahoman].
Overall state revenue collections for May hit six-year low:
Overall state revenue collections in May were the lowest in six years, State Treasurer Ken Miller said Monday [Tulsa World].
Wheat storage going against the grain:
Wheat farmers can’t relax and enjoy the state’s large harvest this season because they’re concerned about where their grain is going next [Journal Record].
USDA to provide $300M to cotton producers:
Cotton producers will receive $300 million in one-time ginning-assistance payments to help cope with the global downturn in prices for the commodity [Agri-Pulse].
California water wars: Project for tunnels from north to south blocked:
The project is of rather breath-taking proportions, both fiscally and structurally. At the cost of $15 billion (though some debate this figure), it consists of two massive tunnels that will run southward 35 miles under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta located in Northern California [The Energy Collective].
USDA lowers ag exports for FY 2016:
Agricultural exports are estimated to reach $124.5 billion for Fiscal Year ’16 according to the USDA’s latest “Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade” [National Hog Farmer].
First global standard to measure discarded food aims to keep calories out of the trash:
The “Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard” is the first concerted global attempt to develop international definitions and reporting requirements for businesses, governments and other groups to measure and manage food waste [International Business Times].
