Video & Transcript Research : 'deer'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Fed to a group of 15 white-tailed deer.
- But, I mean, at the same time, where you've done it for deer—they're calling it for white-tailed deer—but
- We had the Key deer outbreak in 2016-17.
- For the people of Texas that have raised these deer for generations, it's the same deer families that
- For the people of Texas that have raised these deer for generations, it's the same deer families that
Summary:
The Agriculture and Livestock Committee met to receive an update on New World screwworm response efforts and hear industry and stakeholder perspectives on possible ways to accelerate eradication. The chair described the pest as an urgent threat to Texas livestock, wildlife, companion animals, and rural economies, noting recent confirmed cases in the state and emphasizing the need for additional options beyond current federal efforts. Testimony focused on two main approaches: expanding sterile fly production and exploring medicated feed options for livestock and wildlife.
Charles Maley of the South Texas Property Rights Association urged the state to support additional sterile fly capacity, arguing that sterile flies are the proven tool for eradication and that Texas should help create supplemental production capacity using existing infrastructure and Texas-based research assets. Nathan Moses Gonzales of M3 Agriculture Technologies proposed a modular sterile insect technique program using X-ray sterilization, potentially based in Veracruz, Mexico, as a private-sector complement to USDA efforts. He said a $4 million demonstration phase would be needed first, with a longer-term path to 25 to 50 million flies in about six months and 100 million flies within a year, but stressed that any effort would require close coordination with USDA and Mexican authorities. He also said his company had applied for USDA grant funding but did not receive an award.
Charles Echle of Lysian Echle Feed and Tim Acres of Westway Feed Products testified in support of an emergency use authorization pathway for ivermectin-based medicated feed, describing ongoing studies in deer and cattle and arguing that feed-based delivery could provide a practical bridge until sterile fly production is sufficient. They said the feed approach would be voluntary, targeted to infested or surveillance zones, and would need veterinary oversight and state chemist supervision to manage dosing and reduce resistance risks. Committee members questioned the witnesses about timelines, costs, regulatory approvals, and whether the proposals would complement or duplicate USDA’s current work; no votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- if it finds a deer, or something like that.
- You know, deer in the pasture, move around. around, right?
- . in this state, which is less than 1% of the deer in this state.
- consuming deer protein or corn on a daily basis.
- I run a deer feed company. We bag deer feed and we ship it all over the country really.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Jan 14th, 2026
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Someone comes in and buys a bag of corn for deer, it's not exempt.
- So, they have for deer, it's not exempt.
- >> Did the original bill was it all deer >> Did the original bill was it all deer feed
- You know, livestock deer? How much?
- the deer is the same corn. the deer is the same corn. >> Yes,<00:10:46.000>
sir.
Keywords:
HB87, Marengo County, coroner, deputy coroner, county commission, expense allowance, mileage allowance, travel reimbursement, local act, local legislation, county general fund, public official compensation, county office, Section 45-46-60, Alabama Code, salary increase, allowance increase, National Signing Day, athletic scholarships, military enlistment
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 19th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- some girl deers if you want to make new deers.
- After the deer came back, it was 2021 and we had some baby deer and we we were able to finally start
- In 2021, that was three deer.
- enough deer.
- In 2023, there We were ready to test and bring in more deer because we now needed to test five deer.
Keywords:
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- farmers and other folks in the uh deer farmers and other folks in this<00:26:04.720>
in <00:26 - Not much happening at all in the cervidae deer herds.
- Not much happening at all in the cervidae deer herds.
- Not much happening at all in the cervidae deer herds.
- Not much happening at all in the cervidae deer herds.
Bills:
HF3548
Summary:
The Agricultural Finance and Policy Committee met on April 15, 2026, approved the April 13 minutes with a correction to Assistant Commissioner Peter Kesset’s name, and then took up House File 3548. The bill, moved by Chair Anderson for re-referral to Ways and Means, centered on the farmer down payment assistance program and the Department of Agriculture’s budget and policy provisions. Anderson described the DE4 amendment as compromise language that reserved up to 25% of funds for applicants with purchase contracts, removed a proposed marijuana exclusion, and allowed appropriated funds to remain available through June 30, 2030 rather than reverting to the general fund at the end of the biennium. Laura Schreiber of the Land Stewardship Project testified in support, emphasizing the importance of keeping funds available and urging that grants remain capped at $20,000 so more farmers could participate.
The committee then adopted several amendments. A23, described as the governor’s budget request and department policy bill, was adopted and included moving the Emerging Farmers Office into the Agricultural Marketing and Development subdivision, combining some reports into the Agri report, and addressing delegated authority with MDA. A17, allowing certain eggs past their quality assurance date to be donated to food shelves under specific handling requirements, was adopted. A18, adjusting per diem rates for certain non-representative committee members, was adopted. A19, shifting about $20,000 to support farm land transition services such as mediation, contracts, financial planning, tax preparation, estate planning, and housing assistance, was also adopted.
A22, which combined funding for wolf depredation claims and the local food purchasing program, drew the most debate. Representative Smith questioned why the two items were combined and sought to divide the amendment, but staff said that would be problematic because the funding changes were interdependent. Supporters said the amendment would pay about 80% of wolf-loss claims and add money for local food purchasing, while opponents argued the local food need was greater and the wolf depredation approach was not the best use of funds. The roll call on A22 was confusing in the transcript, but the amendment ultimately prevailed. A21, which would have removed a physical-contact requirement for farm cervidae containment, failed on a 7-7 tie after opponents argued it would weaken disease protections and supporters said the fencing costs were driving deer farmers out of business. Hansen then declined to move A24, which would have advanced a paraquat ban, saying there was no agreement and he did not want a negative vote at that time.
After the DE4 as amended was adopted, the committee took a final roll call on House File 3548 as amended. The bill failed on a 6-8 vote and was laid over. In closing, members on both sides said the bill contained useful provisions for farmers, but disagreement over the unresolved paraquat issue prevented the committee from advancing it.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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Minnesota have Eric Simonson with the Minnesota have Eric Simonson with the Minnesota deer - I am a lobbyist representing the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association.
- Deer hunting has over a half-billion-dollar impact on Minnesota's economy every single year.
- Trappers including white tailed deer Trappers including white tailed deer hunting<00:02:32.200><
- <00:04:43.520>
or affect just the movement of of deer or affect just the movement of of deer
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-03-25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Buerkle, they were not found on deer farms.
- Regarding the deer farm inspection budget, I'm curious.
- are not covering for our deer farm work.
- Deer feeding bands are another thing that we put into place in those areas.
- If we weren't able to work with the deer hunters.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/12/2025)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- This has been evidenced by the deer explosion and what do we do with all the deer and all the killing
- deer out.
- People are still going to take deer, they're going to hunt deer, and harvest them.
- I just do have an interest in deer.
- A cervid is any member of the deer family, so that's whitetail deer, moose, mule deer.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I am an active deer breeder who lives this industry every single day alongside landowners, other deer
- [Nash Murray](member_20518), [Texas Deer Association](member_20518).
- Nash Murray from the Texas Deer Association.
- But from a deer breeder's perspective, with the deer in the pens and the facilities, we've got a really
- Okay, deer breeders, but what about other deer in ranches that are just natural herds?
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 01/21/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- farmed and wild deer.
- lay of the land there for the deer lay of the land there for the deer farmers<01:05:14.880>
in - 79 deer farms in Minnesota<01:05:50.079>
19 <01:05:50.520>deer <01:05:50.760>farms< - would be a fence would keep two deers would be a fence would keep two deers from<01:08:00.799>
- have three four five deer most of those<01:09:22.000>
smaller <01:09:22.400>deer <01:09: - have three four five deer most of those<01:09:22.000>
Summary:
Chair Foung Hawj opened the Environment, Climate and Legacy Committee meeting by welcoming members, agency staff, and constituents, and by outlining the committee’s shared-power arrangement for the session. Members introduced themselves and described environmental activities from the interim, including gardening, outdoor recreation, farming visits, Great Lakes work, and a tree-planting trip in Thailand that Hawj said symbolized cultural unity and environmental stewardship.
Ben Stanley, the committee’s nonpartisan counsel, then explained the co-chairs’ operating agreement: Hawj would chair the meeting, Senator John Hoffman would chair the next two meetings, then Hawj would chair the following two, with the chair rotating after each pair of meetings. Agendas would be set jointly, additional meetings would require both chairs’ approval, and passing a bill out of committee would require a majority of all committee members, or seven votes. At Senator Tory Westrom’s request, the agreement was to be emailed to members in writing.
Stanley also reviewed the committee’s jurisdiction, which includes environmental and natural resources bills, legacy funds, and agencies such as the Environmental Quality Board, Department of Natural Resources, Pollution Control Agency, and Board of Water and Soil Resources, along with several related councils and boards. Fiscal analyst Dan Mueller then gave a budget overview of the committee’s agencies, noting that many current biennium appropriations include one-time general fund money that drops back in the 2026-27 base budget. He highlighted funding levels for the Pollution Control Agency, DNR, Metro Parks, Conservation Corps, BWSR, the Minnesota Zoo, the Science Museum, and the Metropolitan Landfill Contingency Action Trust Account, and said the committee’s base-budget area totals about $2.2 billion. He also reviewed the Legacy funds, estimating available 2026-27 appropriations of about $327 million for Outdoor Heritage, $31.7 million for Clean Water, $133 million for Parks and Trails, and $185 million for Arts and Cultural Heritage. No votes or bill actions were taken at this meeting.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/25/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- It probably would be borderline for deer.
- <00:30:52.840>
as accurate and able to take down deer as accurate and able to take down deer - Governor's Island where we have a deer Governor's Island where we have a deer problem<00:31:34.880
- I thought it was very good, certainly adequate to kill a deer.
- somebody goes out and and shoots a deer somebody goes out and and shoots a deer out<01:03:22.559
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/25/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair and members, uh this language would uh help the deer farmers, the family deer farms that are uh
- meet whatever expectations arise once the DNR is more better able to explain what it expects from deer
- happen to stand one in the two deers happen to stand one in the free<00:09:52.400>
roaming <00 - farmers<00:10:31.320>
to <00:10:31.480>eventually <00:10:31.920>meet for deer - farmers to eventually meet for deer farmers to eventually meet whatever<00:10:32.360>
expectations
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm here on House Bill 999 in regard to the deer population and controlling the deer population.
- , but we need to kill more deer.
- Would you support taking the, taking antlerless deer, like does, as well as the antlered deer?
- The deer population in Massachusetts is quite large.
- Because deer-skin products would still be allowed.
Summary:
The committee hearing covered a wide range of animal, wildlife, hunting, and environmental bills. Early testimony focused on deer management, with Rep. Markey urging creation of a deer commission to address crop damage, vehicle collisions, and Lyme disease, and Sen. Durant supporting bills to allow Sunday bow hunting, expand crossbow use, and reduce the 500-foot dwelling restriction for archery hunting. Supporters framed these measures as practical wildlife-management tools, while questions centered on how they would differ from existing Fish and Wildlife authority and whether they would allow hunting closer to residences. Later, Rep. Sena also spoke in support of a bill to increase protected wildlife management areas and another to require non-lead ammunition, arguing both would benefit biodiversity and reduce environmental harm.
A substantial portion of the hearing addressed animal welfare and commerce. Multiple witnesses supported bills to ban or phase out the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs in pet shops, arguing that pet stores rely on puppy mills and obscure the source of animals, while opponents said the bills would hurt responsible breeders, small businesses, and consumer choice. The committee also heard strong testimony for bills to ban the sale of cats and dogs in pet shops, with supporters citing sick animals, consumer deception, and the need to cut off the puppy mill supply chain. In a separate animal-testing segment, witnesses backed bills requiring non-animal testing methods for cosmetics and household products, saying alternatives are more accurate and humane; biomedical research representatives opposed those bills and a related research-animal measure, warning of unintended restrictions on research institutions and arguing animal models remain necessary for many studies.
The committee also heard testimony on horseshoe crab conservation, with supporters of H. 898 urging an end to taking horseshoe crabs for bait because of population declines, shorebird impacts, and the species’ importance to biomedical science. On wildlife trafficking, witnesses backed bills to ban intrastate sales of ivory and rhino horn, saying Massachusetts should close loopholes that aid poaching and align with federal law and other states; one antique dealer testified in support, saying he avoids such items and still sees them in the marketplace. Additional testimony supported bans on fur products from factory farms and on force-feeding birds for foie gras, with advocates emphasizing cruelty, public health, and environmental concerns. The hearing was lengthy and heavily attended, with the chairs repeatedly limiting testimony to three minutes and inviting written submissions; no committee votes or final actions were taken during the transcript excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- disease to the state's white-tailed deer disease to the state's white-tailed deer herd<00:26:34.720
- deer hunters are not paying for our deer deer hunters are not paying for our deer farm<00:57:34.880
- Uh as you on deer farms on mortality.
- Uh deer feeding bands are for testing.
- if we weren't able to work with the deer if we weren't able to work with the deer hunters<01:08:
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/05/2025)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- like moose, white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, red deer, and reindeer.
- With deer, we’re kind of near the northern limit of deer range.
- With deer, we’re kind of near the northern limit of deer range.
- With deer, we’re kind of near the northern limit of deer range.
- is um so deer is an example so with deer is um so deer is an example so with deer we're<02:23:37.960
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Fri Jan 31, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 1334, relating to meat donation, exempts the donation of wild game meat, including axis deer, to a
- It helps reduce our invasive species, such as axis deer, even feral pigs, even goats on Hawaii Island
- It helps reduce our invasive species, such as axis deer, even feral pigs, even goats on Hawaii Island
- We submitted testimony in support of this measure because the invasive deer issue negatively impacts
- We submitted testimony in support of this measure because the invasive deer issue negatively impacts
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- These are the different types of situations for both elk and white-tailed deer where we've got damage
- And then vegetable farms, of course deer love vegetable farms and gardens, so a big problem.
- c> farms<01:18:23.120>
and course uh deer love vegetable farms and course uh deer love vegetable - I mean, obviously it's not covering elk, so it would be very difficult to cover anything for deer.
- as there is for elk. compensation for deer damage as well as compensation for deer damage as well as
Keywords:
agriculture, depredation compensation, livestock, crop damage, elk, wolves, wildlife management, skills path program, career and technical education, CTE, dual credit, postsecondary options enrollment, apprenticeship, apprenticeship readiness, dual training, work-based learning, career pathways, skilled trades, workforce development, high school to career
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Jun 30th, 2026
Water, Parks, and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- The grizzly bear has not benefited like deer.
- Deer have been able to come up to people's neighborhoods.
- Deers have been able to come up to people's neighborhoods. My family is from New York.
- I can go now where I don't see a deer my entire way home.
- And our deer herds are just plummeting because that's what See a deer my entire way home.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 1 - 06/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Jun 19th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Today I want to introduce you to one of our John Deere Tech students.
- Gavin, the John Deere program you referenced—yes.
- So thank you to Gavin and to the John Deere program. NDSCS is doing great things.
- John Deere—this is just an example that we are one of two John Deere platinum programs in the country
- They have a John Deere dealer that they partner with, but they don't have the John Deere program.