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Oklahoma State Question 777 was a referendum on a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution held in November 2016. The referendum attempted to exempt agriculture and agribusiness from compliance with state laws passed in 2015 and later, unless a "compelling state interest" was involved. The referendum was hotly controversial.
Chickens remained primarily to provide eggs, mostly to the farmer (subsistence agriculture), with commercialization still largely unexplored. Farm flocks tended to be small because the hens largely fed themselves through foraging, with some supplementation of grain, scraps, and waste products from other farm ventures. Such feedstuffs were in ...
Children in fields or on farms spend on average 30 hours a week working, including during the school year. This impacts academic achievement, and 50% of children who work on farms will fail to graduate high school. [4] The United States Department of Labor estimates that children net an income of about $1,000 after one year of work. [5]
Only a quarter of high schools met the state's requirement of offering AP classes last school year, according to an Oklahoma Watch analysis. Only a quarter of high schools met the state's ...
Smithfield Foods hog CAFO, Unionville, Missouri, 2013. In animal husbandry, a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is an intensive animal feeding operation (AFO) in which over 1,000 animal units are confined for over 45 days a year.
Labor laws prohibiting children in other workplaces provide some exemptions for children working on farms with complete exemptions for children working on their family's farm. [32] Children can also gain permits from vocational training schools or 4-H clubs which allow them to do jobs they would otherwise not be permitted to do.
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The frozen chicken has the establishment number “P-33901” and lot code “3*2223**” in inkjet print on the back edge of the packaging as well as the number “7527899724” under the barcode.