Is North Dakota’s “ham and cheese” farm exemption too big?

The largest farm group in North Dakota will decide next week whether to seek a statewide referendum against the so-called ham-and-cheese exemptions to a state law against corporate farming, says the Associated Press. Gov. Jack Dalrymple has signed legislation that exempts hog and dairy farms from the Depression-era law. Backers say the exemptions will revitalize livestock… » Read More

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