At the 2016 annual AFR state convention on February 19th, delegates adopted the following new policy provisions:
- We support State Question number 777.
- We support legislation defining water quality and water quantity as compelling state interests.
- We support continued studies on underground aquifer water storage, recharge and recovery.
- We support research to determine if there are man-made causes contributing to earthquakes and/or seismic activity.
- We support fact-based research on the possible causes and effects of climate change.
- AFR will place special emphasis on rural health care, including facilities, this legislative session.
- We support continuation of Oklahoma teaching hospitals and associated training which primarily returns physicians to rural Oklahoma.
- We support educational instruction for children on nutritional values of food and balanced meal selections and further encourage connecting children with where their food is grown.
- We support the development of reasonable regulations for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, while respecting and protecting the property and privacy rights of landowners.
- While we acknowledge tribal sovereignty, we encourage tribes and state and local government entities to cooperate on economic development and agriculture issues.
- We support research and development of industrialized hemp for use as fiber.
- We urge USDA to designate cottonseed as an “other oilseed” for purposes of the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs.