WASTE WORRIES: AG, AG SQUARE OFF

By James S. Tyree, CNHI News Service. Oklahoma City
The regulatory affairs director for the Oklahoma Farm Bureau cannot believe anyone would consider animal waste, the most natural of fertilizers, an environmentally hazardous material.

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FROM MAJOR POLLUTANT TO MONEYSAVING PRODUCT, CHICKEN LITTER MAKES A BENEFICIAL FERTILIZER

By Candace Krebs, published in the Ag Journal July 14, 2006

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THE CREP DEAL WAS SIGNED BY OKLAHOMA AND USDA AND DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE ONLY “PRIVATE” MONEY CAME FROM THAT MADE THE DEAL WORK?

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CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

Oklahoma City, OK, April 23, 2007
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry and Deputy Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner today signed a new $20.6 million cooperative conservation partnership agreement between USDA and Oklahoma that will create up to 9,000 acres (or 370 miles) of riparian buffers and filter strips.

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GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL TO PROHIBIT DEFINING MANURE AS HAZARDOUS

By Shawn Ashley, April 18, 2007
SB 709, by Sen. Ron Justice, R-Chickasha, and Rep. Terry Hyman, D-Leon, prohibits manure from being defined or considered hazardous waste, was signed by the governor after passing the Senate and the House.

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WATER PROTECTIONS BECOME LAW

Oklahoma City (June 7, 2007)
House Bill 1490, by State Rep. Dan Sullivan, creates the Eucha-Spavinaw Nu-trient Management Act.

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