State Rep. Paul Anderson, R-Starbuck, has landed a spot on a conference committee that will prepare a package of agriculture provisions for final passage in the legislature.
Anderson is the lead House Republican on agriculture. He said he hopes the joint House-Senate conference committee can make significant improvements to the bill (S.F. 1955) and make it worthy of bipartisan support after an initial partisan-line House vote April 20.
In particular, Anderson said the conference committee should address new fees and regulations included in the preliminary bill that would make Minnesota’s farmers less competitive and less profitable. Another area of concern, according to Anderson, is the bill would change the Board of Animal Health, increasing it from six members up to 11, with at least one member coming from each of Minnesota’s congressional districts.
Source: echopress.com
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