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Oklahoma Farm Bureau Celebrates Thursday Votes at the State Capitol |
As the Oklahoma State Legislature is rushing to the end of the 2023 regular session that is mandated by the end of today(final Friday in May)- two passed measures were being celebrated by several of the Ag groups in the state- including the Oklahoma Farm Bureau. Rodd Moesel, President of OkFB, issued these statements Thursday evening:
HB 2053 – Groundwater Permitting:
“HB 2053 is a victory for Oklahoma landowners, and especially for farmers and ranchers who rely heavily on groundwater water permits for a wide array of production practices. Oklahoma Farm Bureau members support responsible water use, and HB 2053 will ensure that Oklahomans who have been issued water permits can continue using permitted water during any protest process. We recognize the need to have a mechanism to protest water permits, and now there will be safeguards to ensure permit holders are not targeted simply due to the industry that they use their water in.”
HB 2863 – OSU Vet Med Authority:
“Oklahoma Farm Bureau members appreciate the action the state legislature took this week to establish the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority to bolster the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine. Oklahoma’s agriculture community relies heavily on our state’s veterinarians as partners in animal care, and our state has a critical need for the large-animal veterinarians the college produces. This investment will help build an even stronger school to train veterinary students in our state, and we know it will pay dividends for future generations.”
(Note- both the Senate and House voted to override the veto of the Governor of HB 2863- allowing it to become state law)
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Since the legalization of Medical Marijuana in Oklahoma with State Question 788- criminals have flocked to the state to set up illegal grow houses because of cheap permits, cheap land and lax rules allowing them to get into the business of growing marijuana in Oklahoma- supposedly for the in state Medical Marijuana market.
Ron Hays talks with Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics spokesman Mark Woodward about how these enterprises have invaded Oklahoma- the magnitude of the current problem and how the state is pushing back on thousands of bad people who have set up shop in the state- with the hope to reduce the number of these operations dramatically in the days to come. It's a huge problem all across rural Oklahoma but Woodward believes progress is being made to reign in these illegal marijuana farms.
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