The state question 777 declares the Oklahoma Right to Farm. It is introduced as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on the voting ballot November 8.

Passed after December 31, 2014, this amendment was proposed by the state legislature, requiring courts to rule laws having to do with farming and agriculture. This means that courts would have to overturn challenged agricultural and livestock regulations that don’t necessarily protect state interest.

This would also mean that any law restricting farming industries susceptible to lawsuits most likely could result in fewer government regulations.

If voters choose “yes” on the ballot, they are advocating the right to farm and ranch. However, if voters choose “no”, they are opposing the proposal for the state constitution to include rights to farm and ranch. Eventually, if the Right to Farm is approved, ranchers will have additional constitutional protections that they lack.

Some concerns the public has with this amendment includes farmers feeling threatened by giving advantages to industrial farmers, meaning more animal cruelty and Oklahoma partially eliminating its say so on these matters by giving them to the government.

However, Farmer-led organizations, such as “Oklahomarighttofarm.com”, support this amendment to defend their agricultural career and heritage, knowing it affects families within the state that rely on agriculture, as well as farmers and ranchers.