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TOP HEADLINES
Rep. Markwayne Mullin says Right to Farm is a ‘yes’:
“777 is being proactive. How many times are we proactive in our legislative body, to keep regulations from coming in and regulating our small farms?…If you know who is backing the opposition, you would understand why 777 is vitally important,” Rep. Mullin said [KFAQ].
Oklahoma voters to decide on 7 state questions:
Oklahoma voters will decide seven separate state questions when they head to the voting booths Nov. 8, including a major overhaul of the state’s laws regulating alcohol sales, many of which haven’t been updated since the Prohibition era [AP].
Right to Farm examined: Oklahoma Watch hosting public discussion on SQ 777:
Those who want to know more about, or have strong opinions already are encouraged to come to Stillwater Community Center at 6-7 p.m. Thursday for “Oklahoma Watch-Out: The Farming Question” [Stillwater NewsPress].
FEDERAL
U.S. abstains on UN vote on Cuba embargo:
The United States on Wednesday abstained for the first time in 25 years on a U.N. resolution condemning America’s economic embargo against Cuba, a resolution it had always vehemently opposed [NBC News].
Trade agreements matter to U.S. agriculture:
If history is any guide, trade agreements will continue to be a contentious political issue, especially when they come up in a presidential election year, but they are essential to growing export markets around the world and critical to a thriving American agriculture [American Farm Bureau Federation].
Vetter: 12-way tradeoffs can unravel TPP:
Darcy Vetter told host Mike Adams there’s one thing that’s clear: renegotiating the deal is not an option [AgWeb].
Five of your immigration questions, answered:
If you think about why we need immigrant labor in the agricultural field, specifically, it’s because Americans don’t generally want those jobs. I spoke to one woman who said, “you know, when we had Americans come for these jobs, they left after a half a day” [Marketplace].
MISCELLANEOUS
US cage-free egg layer flock is rapidly increasing:
Poultry housing expansion projects are being shifted to cage-free as the number of restaurant chains making cage-free egg purchasing pledges continues to grow [WattAgNet].
WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold weedkiller documents:
In a letter and an email seen by Reuters, officials from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cautioned scientists who worked on a review in 2015 of the weedkiller glyphosate against releasing requested material [Reuters].
