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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.
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]
Oklahoma has an estimated 11,000 poultry farms, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Only a fraction of those operations — about 1% — have 400 or more birds. Three massive farms ...
In the United States, chickens were raised primarily on family farms or in some cases, in poultry colonies, such as Judge Emery's Poultry Colony [1] until about 1960. Originally, the primary value in poultry keeping was eggs, and meat was considered a byproduct of egg production. [2]
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 ...
Opponents of a proposed facility that would house 566,400 chickens at a time had argued a new application should fall under a new, strict law.
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.
A leader from the state’s second-largest school district expressed optimism about the proposed new graduation requirements, which would take effect for students entering eighth grade in the 2025 ...