Video & Transcript Research : 'grain elevator'
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WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration, June 24, 2026 - PM
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I hear a lot about whole grains. 80% of the week's grains have to be whole grain.
- And in our state, we do like tortillas and whole grain pasta.
- We have five components: fruit, vegetable, meat, grain, milk. And you have to pick two of those.
- It could be a peanut butter sandwich, which would be the grain and the meat.
- You could still tell the bun had some kind of grains in it.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance (01/23/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- vegetables tree fruits uh<01:37:37.719>
berries <01:37:38.719>dairy <01:37:39.560>grains - <01:37:40.520>
nuts <01:37:41.800>oil <01:37:42.800>uh uh berries dairy grains - nuts oil uh uh berries dairy grains nuts oil uh these<01:37:43.080>
are <01:37:43.239>all< - that we can engagement Center um so that we can continue<02:19:32.000>
to <02:19:32.280>Elevate - to Elevate New Hampshire's youth<02:19:34.479>
out <02:19:34.760>of youth out of youth
Summary:
The Finance Committee held a hearing on several bills and announced at the outset that no votes would be taken because the measures would go to divisions later. The first major bill, HB 197, would require the state to pay 7.5% of political subdivision employer pension contributions for teachers, police officers, and firefighters. Representative Mike Edgar, the prime sponsor, argued the state had repeatedly reduced and then eliminated its promised share of retirement costs, shifting the burden to municipalities and property taxpayers. He said the bill would partially restore that commitment and provide relief to local governments, businesses, and taxpayers.
Several witnesses testified in support of HB 197, including Representative John Cluder, Bradford selectman Marlene Fryer, the New Hampshire Municipal Association’s Margaret Burns, and Epping representative Mark Fone. Supporters said the bill would help with property tax pressure, school budgets, and municipal hiring, and they emphasized that much of the retirement cost reflects unfunded liability decisions made at the state level rather than by local governments. Committee members questioned whether the bill would change local incentives to control costs and how it would affect hiring and compensation. Burns said the state contribution would function as property tax relief because it offsets existing municipal expenses, and she noted the state is already on a long-term schedule to pay down the retirement system’s unfunded liability.
After closing the hearing on HB 197, the committee opened a hearing on HB 97, introduced by Representative Tom Buco. He said the bill would continue funding for delayed and deferred wastewater projects and help municipalities finance expensive wastewater infrastructure, which he tied to housing development and local debt planning. No action or votes were taken on either bill during the hearing.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 092 Apr 16th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Operating costs have stayed elevated since 2020 and are projected to increase further in 2026.
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costs <02:51:10.320>have <02:51:10.520>stayed <02:51:10.800>elevated - Operating costs have stayed elevated Operating costs have stayed elevated since<02:51:11.600>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Elect Committee Meeting - 2026-03-11
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- My small farm town has fewer than 4,000 people, and our biggest building is the grain elevator.
- My small farm town has fewer than 4,000 people, and our biggest building is the grain elevator.
- My small farm town has fewer than 4,000 people, and our biggest building is the grain elevator.
Keywords:
municipal nondisclosure agreement, NDA, public records, transparency, local government, county, city, town, school district, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, port authority, economic development, land development, public financing, tax increment financing, TIF, abatement, municipal bonds, debt obligations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We also utilize cover crops on our small grain acres.
- We also small grains, and alalfa.
- utilize cover crops on our small grain utilize cover crops on our small grain acres.<01:11:10.880
- Most of us aren't going to make a fortune raising small grains or chamomile.
- Our farms small grains or chamolina.
Keywords:
pesticide, agriculture, environmental protection, health risks, chemical safety, local agriculture, insecticides, pollinators, seeds, environmental health, neonicotinoids, systemic insecticides, civil penalties, pest management, land trends, report, appropriation, farmers, veterinary medicine, veterinary technology
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 9th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Legislative intent and changes in the limine provisions relating to grain dealer security under the Grain
- provisions relating to fees, legislation requirements for certain federal licenses, the use of certain grain
- probes under the Grain Warehouse Act, harmonization of appeal, Section 59-05, Reissue Revised Statutes
Bills:
LB737, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB1216, LB1256, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB743, LB745, LB749, LB778, LB787, LB365A, LB823, LB900, LB903, LB940, LB954, LB1127, LB1127A, LB1205, LB1240, LR293, LR296, LR422, LR505, LR507
Keywords:
LB737, Olmstead, developmental disabilities, disability services, community-based services, integrated settings, DHHS, Department of Health and Human Services, stakeholder advisory committee, independent consultant, public hearing, legislative oversight, disability rights, community integration, housing, employment, education, transportation, community supports, self-advocacy
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/17/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- have many grants that we have to run all kinds of different samples and everything, whether that's grain
- testing for exports, whether that's grain testing for disease, for Palmer, all these different things
- But, uh, so we did get the grant, or the grain buyer license. It's resolved.
- Then Senator Seeberger will talk to us a little bit about financial reporting requirements for grain
- <01:50:22.239>
buyers grain buyers grain buyers uh<01:50:23.719>Senator <01:50:24.040><
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/07/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- because many of you probably know I was a founding member of the Oat Mafia, look at how many small grains
- at<00:20:48.160>
how <00:20:48.280>many <00:20:48.600>small <00:20:48.920>grains - <00:20:49.320>
were <00:20:49.440>on <00:20:49.560>the at how many small grains - were on the at how many small grains were on the landscape<00:20:50.360>
and <00:20:50.440> - elevated exposure, disproportionate burden,<01:58:48.120>
and <01:58:48.360>measurable
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 12/18/25
Transcript Highlights:
- also rotate in a variety of other grain also rotate in a variety of other grain crops<01:19:05.199
- On top of these elevated input costs, we've also been dealing with decreased and unpredictable prices
- This means that our grain bins are full of unsold crop that we can really only hope will increase in
- One-half of 1% of every grain check is contributed to this checkoff.
- We wanted to show our buyers that we grow safe and reliable grain for them and their livestock.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/08/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We run a diversified grain operation raising corn, soybeans, small grains, and winter wheat.
- We run a diversified grain<00:21:11.799>
operation <00:21:12.799>raising <00:21:13.280>< - c> corn,<00:21:13.679>
soybeans, grain operation raising corn, soybeans, grain operation raising - <00:21:16.559>
I'm <00:21:16.799>also small grains, and winter came. - I'm also small grains, and winter came.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Press Conference: Senate Republicans Introduce Minnesotans Safety First Plan - 02/25/25
Transcript Highlights:
- under the Democrat trifecta to move in that direction and do something that was really against the grain
- under the Democrat trifecta to move in that direction and do something that was really against the grain
- under the Democrat trifecta to move in that direction and do something that was really against the grain
- Under the Democrat trifecta, to move in that direction and do something that was really against the grain
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- What it really boils down to is a preexisting building that has some age that has an elevator and it
- to change the structure, not just the elevator operations.
- So, in this case, what they're trying to say is this elevator is safe, but the Structure itself having
- For a follow up, I think about some of the elevators in this building that sometimes get stuck.
- Would we not want some of the older elevators to be upgraded just in terms of potential safety issues
Bills:
HB3834, HB3940, HB4346, HB2947, HB3257, HB3264, HB4326, HB4421, HB3944, HB3979, HB4118, SCR22, SB169, HB1047, HB2123, HB2650, HB3260, HB3403, SR41, HB3649, HB3742, HB3831, HB3996, HB4321, HB4339
Keywords:
HB3834, Oklahoma Breakthrough Therapy Act, ibogaine, ibogaine-based therapeutics, ibogaine analogs, clinical trials, FDA approval, breakthrough therapy designation, opioid use disorder, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, mental health, neurological disorders, drug development, public-private partnership, State Department of Health, intellectual property, revolving fund, research funding, medical licensing
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/18/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I help watch gates, and in the fall you'll see me driving the grain cart, the straight truck, or even
- /c><00:07:43.280>
me <00:07:43.440>driving <00:07:43.840>the <00:07:43.920>grain - <00:07:44.280>
cart, you'll see me driving the grain cart, you'll see me driving the grain - in shorts and swimsuit top loading grain in shorts and swimsuit top loading grain into<00:37:44.440
- dried distillers grain as a source<01:18:59.520>
source <01:18:59.880>of <01:19:00.000>
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- So, you know, let's take all of that with a grain of salt as well.
- behaviors create a deterrent effect and help prosecutors and the courts respond proportionally to the elevated
- So, in our view, our... ...prosecutors and the courts respond proportionally to the elevated risk.
Keywords:
medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 5th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And so we have to treat where we rank in the states with a grain of salt.
- We have some different modules that we're going to be bringing in to elevate youth voices into the work
- Fifteen percent that applies additional weighting to elevate equity for regions that are disproportionately
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Energy Development and Transmission Committee Jul 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- But they don't do all this farming and then go to the elevator and sell the grain and all that stuff.
- Power costs for our food processing, for the power for grain drying and everything else, and just for
- And again, take this with a grain of salt as we're going through the negotiation.
Summary:
The committee met at the Coteau Freedom Mine in Mercer County, approved the June 2 minutes, and heard an overview of the mine from Coteau Properties president Andrew Hawbaker. He described the Freedom Mine as the largest lignite mine in the United States, supplying coal to Dakota Gasification, Antelope Valley Station, and Leland Olds Station. He emphasized the mine’s scale, safety record, reclamation work, workforce needs, community involvement, and economic impact, including payroll, taxes, royalties, scholarships, and local hiring. Members asked about how long land stays in production, how quickly it returns to agriculture after reclamation, labor shortages, and how mining affects groundwater and water wells. Hawbaker said most tracts are mined for about three to five years, reclamation is coordinated with landowners, and the company continues to struggle to find electricians, welders, mechanics, operators, and engineers.
The committee then heard from Public Service Commission Chairman Randy Christman on coal mining reclamation and permitting. He reviewed North Dakota’s coal mining history, the state’s reclamation laws, federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act primacy, bonding, permit renewals and revisions, prohibited mining areas, inspection and enforcement, and contemporaneous reclamation requirements. Christman stressed that North Dakota’s program is professional and thorough, with frequent inspections, financial assurance, and a 10-year revegetation monitoring period before bond release. He also discussed federal coal ownership issues that can delay mine plans, the treatment of prime farmland, and how reclamation differs for wind and pipelines. In response to questions, he said one challenge is sometimes releasing land too soon before long-term compaction issues are fully understood, and he noted that data centers do not currently have a comparable reclamation model because they typically own the land.
In the afternoon, the committee received an update from Lignite Energy Council president Jonathan Fortner on the lignite industry. He said North Dakota’s lignite sector supports five commercial power plants, four mines, about 12,000 direct and indirect jobs, and more than $5.5 billion in economic activity, while helping keep the state’s electricity rates among the lowest in the nation. Fortner reviewed coal severance and conversion tax revenues, the lignite research fund, federal regulatory rollbacks, carbon capture policy, and the industry’s legal costs fighting federal rules. He also highlighted a study on large-load development, saying new data centers and critical mineral processing facilities could create major local tax revenue and help justify new baseload generation. Members asked whether new gas pipelines would crowd out coal plant development and whether the economic study included jobs and broader local impacts; Fortner said the industry sees room for both and that the study did include construction, operations, jobs, and tax effects.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- grain on me.
- grain on me.
- this morning before I came their grain this morning before I came in,<00:26:39.679>
so <00:26: - <00:26:41.440>
I in, so I might have some grain on me. - I in, so I might have some grain on me.
Keywords:
agriculture, livestock, depredation, crop damage, wolf compensation, elk damage, state funding, agricultural protection, trespass, criminal penalties, farm equipment, agricultural land, 1183, house
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then heard from Minnesota FFA officers, who described FFA as a student-led agricultural education organization focused on leadership, personal growth, and career success. The students explained the three-part model of agricultural education, the size and reach of FFA in Minnesota, and upcoming events at the Capitol, including an agricultural policy experience conference and FFA Day at the Capitol. Members asked about FFA’s role in encouraging the next generation of farmers, the organization’s broader focus beyond farming to include wildlife and other natural resources careers, and the mix of rural, metro, and urban chapters. The students emphasized that FFA and agricultural educators help students discover career paths and that urban chapters are active and thriving alongside rural ones.
The committee then received a presentation from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture on the Agri program. The department described Agri as a legislature-created program that uses producer-payment funds to support roughly 15 grant and cost-share programs, including newer efforts such as Protect and Prepare. Testimony stressed transparency and fraud prevention: Agri is reimbursement-based, requires detailed documentation, conducts site visits on grants over $25,000, and has identified and stopped more than a dozen fraudulent applications in the past year. The department also noted a prior legislative auditor review of two larger Agri programs and said only about one-tenth of 1% of reviewed expenditures were recommended for recovery.
The department highlighted the Make It Minnesota cost-share program, which helps Minnesota food and agriculture companies attend national trade shows such as Natural Products Expo West. Testifiers then described how Agri has supported their businesses: Mark Schiller of Lon Liquor in Northfield said the program helped his microdistillery expand into milling organic flour and adding food service, while Pete Gangler of Snowpack Foods in Caledonia said Agri grants supported food safety improvements, processing capacity, and a new freezer warehouse project. The department said additional grantees would testify as well, and members asked whether the department’s fraud-prevention practices could be shared with other state agencies; staff said they already are being shared through interagency best-practice efforts.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 27, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Each of you has elevated the standard of education in our territory and secured a brighter future for
- He got on the elevator.
- They did it with machine guns mounted on grain elevators.
- They did it with machine guns mounted on grain elevators.
- guns mounted on grain guns mounted on grain elevators<03:30:32.199>
they <03:30:32.319>
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In grain, grain and fiber processing or storage facilities, sprinklers would destroy any crop that was
- Uh, the substitute also adds cotton seed storage buildings and grain storage facilities as agricultural
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/02/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- On line 80 for the grain license fee update to the egg fund, there would be $900,000 of new expenditures
- Section 30 modifies inspection fees for grain buyers.
- inspection fees for grain buyers. inspection fees for grain buyers.
- Section<00:38:03.280>
31 <00:38:03.839>modifies <00:38:04.400>grain <00:38:04.800 - Section 31 modifies grain storage fees. Section 31 modifies grain storage fees.