North Dakota farm groups take opposite sides on corporate farming

The North Dakota Farmers Union “has funded almost all the campaign” to retain a ban on corporate farming in the state, says The Associated Press. The Farmers Union, with 40,000 members, raised more than $1.1 million ahead of the June 14 statewide referendum on allowing corporate ownership of hog and dairy farms. The state Farm Bureau… » Read More

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