In 1932, North Dakota law barred nonfamily corporations from owning farmland or operating farms. But that changed in March of last year when the state Legislature passed a bill that would relax the corporate farming ban and Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed it into law.The North Dakota Farmers Union, which opposed the bill, responded by gathering more than 20,000 signatures to force the measure onto the statewide ballot.The union has spent heavily on mailers and television ads in recent weeks and recruited more than 1,000 volunteers to make phone calls and knock on doors to drum up support.Measure One was defected by 75% of voters.

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North Dakota Corporate Dairy and Swine Farming Referendum, Referred Measure 1 https://ballotpedia.org/North_Dakota_Corporate_Dairy_and_Swine_Farming_Referendum,_Referred_Measure_1_(Ju