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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The North Dakota anti-corporate farming law dates back to 1932 and prohibits corporations from owning and operating farm land and the North Dakota Farmers Union continues to advocate against the newly amended law.

In 2015, North Dakota Legislature amended the law to exempt swine and dairy operations with the hopes of restoring the state’s faltering dairy economy. NDFU strongly disagreed with the decision, successfully blocking the new law and collecting signatures to put it on the June 2016 ballot.

NDFU President Mark Watne stated that their members don’t believe the law is meeting the real challenges for producers in the state.

Watne pointed out that if the amended law is passed, it’ll open the door to other issues.

The amended law, which would have been put into effect on August 1st, will be a measure on the upcoming June 2016 ballot for the voters.