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TOP HEADLINES
Why Oklahoma producers need the Right to Farm bill:
As a young adult who is returning to the farm after college, I fully support the passing of this SQ. The “right to farm” will ensure that I am able to continue the practices that my father taught me and pass that knowledge down to my children one day [The Odyssey].
Inhofe talks State Question 777 – Right to Farm:
Sen. Jim Inhofe discusses importance of passing SQ 777 with Lee Matthews in Oklahoma City [KTOK-OKC].
Inhofe favors SQ 777 Right to Farm:
As the Senate chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Inhofe said he is well aware of the federal government’s overreach into the farming community with regulations set by the Environmental Protection Agency. “It’s the same thing I see in Washington where you have liberal groups coming in and saying what we can do — telling all the farmers what they can plant and what they can’t plant,” Inhofe told The Edmond Sun [Edmond Sun].
FEDERAL
WRDA critical for agriculture (audio):
Congress could authorize a funding bill for the nation’s waterways during the lame-duck session. Micheal Clements has more [American Farm Bureau Federation].
NCBA: Not voting for TPP isn’t an option for U.S. cattle:
Colin Woodall, vice president of government affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association spoke on AgriTalk Tuesday, telling host Mike Adams about the $400,000 a day the industry loses because they don’t have TPP [AgWeb].
ELECTIONS
Where Trump and Clinton stand on ag issues:
Aides to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the presidential candidates both oppose splitting the farm bill and the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, while disagreeing on the future of the estate tax and the waters of the U.S. rule [Des Moines Register].
Trump, Clinton surrogates clash over ag regulations:
Surrogates for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump clashed sharply over agricultural regulations and the estate tax at a Farm Foundation Forum on Wednesday, but they agreed that Congress should protect nutrition spending in the next farm bill [Agri-Pulse].
MISCELLANEOUS
As California water use rises, some ask: where limits eased too soon?:
But this year, after regulators lifted the mandatory 25 percent statewide cut following a relatively wet winter, water use is up again, a slide in behavior that has stirred concern among state officials and drawn criticism that California abandoned the restrictions too quickly [New York Times].
