BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's biggest farm group says it will campaign to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to overturn the Legislature's decision to loosen the state's Depression-era ban against corporate farming.
North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne made the announcement on Friday during a rally at the state Capitol in Bismarck.
Governor Jack Dalrymple signed the legislation last week that exempts ailing pork and dairy operations from the state's anti-corporate farming law.
Supporters must gather 13,452 valid signatures by June 18th to get the measure on the June 2016 ballot.
Former North Dakota Agriculture commissioner Roger Johnson, who now serves as president of the National Farmers Union, told supporters in Bismarck that obtaining the required signatures should not be a "heavy lift."