ndlegthennowBISMARCK, N .D. (AP) – The North Dakota Legislature is delaying action on a bill to exempt dairy and swine operations from the state’s eight decades-old anti-corporate farming law.
 
     The bill was slated for debate in the House on Friday.
 
     Rep. Dennis Johnson, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, says there was a technical problem with wording in the bill that defines an animal feeding operation.
 
     Johnson says an amended version of the bill likely will be ready for debate on Monday.
 
     The measure is one of the most contentious before the Legislature this session.
 
     Supporters of the bill say it will help save dying dairy and declining swine industries in the state. Opponents say the current law blocks unfair competition from big, out-of-state corporations.