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Article: Judge upholds ND's anti-corporate farming law
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- June 16, 2009
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A judge has ruled that a nonprofit foundation can keep more than 1,700 acres of wildlife habitat it owns in three North Dakota counties, while upholding the state's law against corporations owning or leasing farmland.
Southeast District Judge James Bekken says the state law does not apply to 848 acres of Crosslands Inc. property in Ward and Griggs counties because the property was donated, unusable for farming or ranching, or necessary to support the management of nearby wetlands.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said Monday the ruling could open a new loophole in North Dakota's anti-corporate farming law. The attorney general said he is reviewing the decision before ...