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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Agriculture Committee Mar 26th, 2025

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • it just extends the right to compost beyond emergencies, offering ranchers and small-scale meat processors
  • stakeholders in support of AB 411 is evidence that the bill will benefit ranchers, livestock, meat processors
  • Limit this to livestock producers, not professional mobile processors. You know, we have.
  • Like I said, collection centers that mobile processors could take the material to and find their way
Keywords: 988, house, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • And if we had more processors that were, um, we've toured a couple of facilities in other states that
  • something similar, but having processors something similar, but having processors that<00:51:57.200
  • We need to attract more processors to the Commonwealth. Agriculture is economic development.
  • We need to attract more processors to the Commonwealth. Agriculture is economic development.
  • specifically to be able to do processors specifically to be able to do that?
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The task force met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the August 20 meeting, and then heard testimony from Representative Steven Doan on House Bill 439, a school nutrition bill aimed at restricting certain ultra-processed foods in schools. Doan said the bill was inspired by his own health journey and his work in agriculture, and he described the measure as targeting specific chemical additives in foods served during the school day, not concession sales or after-hours activities. He said the bill would phase in later to give schools time to adjust and noted that the list of restricted additives was drawn from efforts in other states and advocacy groups. Members asked about the chemical abstract numbers, fiscal impact, summer meal programs, fundraisers, and whether the bill would affect parent-provided items; Doan said he had not done a fiscal note and explained that the bill was intended to apply only during instructional time on school property. Committee members generally reacted favorably, with some raising practical concerns about cost and implementation. One member asked about high fructose corn syrup, which Doan said was not included because it is too pervasive in the food system. Another member noted that schools already limit some homemade items and asked about the line between school-provided and parent-provided food. Doan also said the list was based in part on Turning Point USA materials and similar laws in other states, and he referenced federal efforts to define ultra-processed foods. The committee then heard from Kentucky Department of Education officials Matt Ross, Lauren Moore, and Katie Embry on school meals and nutrition programs. They outlined Kentucky’s school lunch, breakfast, summer meals, and other USDA child nutrition programs, including participation and reimbursement figures, and explained how community eligibility provision schools, meal patterns, offer-versus-serve, smart snacks, and local wellness policies work. They said USDA and FDA are currently seeking public input on a uniform definition of ultra-processed foods, that there are no current USDA requirements specifically on ultra-processed foods, and that schools already operate under federal and state rules governing competitive foods, including a state time restriction on smart snacks. They also discussed local purchasing, noting its benefits but also the procurement and staffing challenges schools face. No votes or final actions on the bill were taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans Broadband and Rural Development - 03/12/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Through that effort, we did almost 60 interviews with small meat processors.
  • we found a couple pieces processors we found a couple pieces relevant<00:54:50.280> to<00:54:
  • The Minnesota Meat Processors Association at their January 23rd board meeting indicated their strong
  • The Minnesota Meat Processors Association at their January 23rd board meeting indicated their strong
  • The Minnesota Meat Processors Association at their January 23rd board meeting indicated their strong
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • will repeal existing protections and create new penalties without clarifying how current license processors
  • Farmers and processors who have been fully licensed by the Alabama Department of Agricultural and Industries
  • Um, there's no protection for existing licensed hemp farmers or processors.
Bills: HB1
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • So they need to be able to find a place to live in order to be able to make that living as a meat processor
  • But in our smaller facilities, our meat processors are actually expected to do a lot more than in larger
  • living<00:14:03.079> as<00:14:03.360> a<00:14:03.720> meat<00:14:04.240> processor
  • make that living as a meat processor make that living as a meat processor understand<00:14:05.440
  • A benefit of this is going to be that when a processor is taught in the proper way, that actually increases
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 345, which would establish ʻōpae ʻula as the state shrimp. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Kua Ulu Aumo testified in strong support, saying the designation could help protect endemic shrimp in anchialine pools and increase public education and awareness. In response to questions, DLNR said it would use existing education programs, press releases, and partnerships for statewide outreach and was not seeking a separate appropriation for that purpose. Members then took up SCR 132 and SR 111, which encourage adoption of recommendations from the UN Global Plastics Treaty and the Rapa Nui Summit Declaration on climate justice and sustainable development. Greenpeace Hawaii supported the measures, arguing that plastic production is tied to fossil fuel interests and that microplastics pose serious health and environmental risks. The committee later adopted the measures with amendments, including a change from “waste hierarchy” to “zero waste hierarchy” and technical edits. The final measures, SCR 157 and SR 127, urged the state to adopt and implement the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea agreement on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. DLNR testified that it had only just reviewed the resolution but stood on its written testimony. The committee passed SCR 157 and SR 127 as is. The meeting also included a separate hearing on SCR 89 and SR 72, which would create a University of Hawaiʻi Community College pathway for meat processing. The Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council supported the idea, citing workforce needs and local protein supply, while several members raised concerns about whether a formal educational pathway or degree requirement might unnecessarily limit entry into the field; discussion focused on whether the proposal should be more vocational and whether there is enough data on workforce demand. No final vote on those measures was shown in the transcript excerpt.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • clarify, is the compliance the Inspect every licensed business, that is, growers, dispensaries, processors
  • asking you to As of January 2, 2026, we had 2,261 licensed OMMA growers, 1,453 dispensaries, and 710 processors
  • With the processors and the growers, are some of those the same?
  • they're vertically integrated, so there might be one business that has all three license types, like a processor
Keywords: 914, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 18th, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • note that there was also a lot of individual and independent engagements with our producers and processors
  • Is needed to continue supporting local producers and processors. Next slide, please.
  • Are extremely helpful to processors.
  • The School districts can produce raw beef, cheese, and vegetables directly and divert them to a processor
  • And these schools will just put out a bid and then one of the processors will purchase it and it will
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Agriculture. (2-25-26)

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • takes<00:18:56.480> it<00:18:56.559> to<00:18:56.720> the<00:18:56.880> processor
  • , the truck, takes it to the processor, the truck, takes it to the processor, processor<00:18:58.000
  • 58.480> and<00:18:58.720> then<00:18:59.440> calls<00:18:59.840> the processor
  • fixes it, and then calls the processor fixes it, and then calls the feeding<00:19:00.480> of<
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 658, which would require the Transportation Cabinet to adopt regulations extending the allowable period for a restricted CDL license from 180 to 210 days within a 12-month period for agriculture businesses. Rep. Felicia Rabourn presented the bill with support from Todd Griffin of the Kentucky Retail Federation and Agra Business Association. The committee quickly moved to a vote, and the bill passed with favorable expression. Members indicated it would move forward similarly on the House floor. The committee then considered House Bill 142, a deer-management bill sponsored by Rep. Pollock and amended by committee substitute. Pollock said the bill is intended to help farmers and landowners more quickly obtain destruction tags and address overpopulated deer, especially does, after describing crop losses, vehicle collisions, and deer carcasses seen along roadways. Members from farming districts strongly supported the measure, saying deer damage is costly and widespread and that the bill would reduce paperwork by allowing landowners to obtain tags without having to route everything through each landlord. Questions focused on how Fish and Wildlife would determine overpopulated zones and how the damage-verification process would work; Pollock said the department retains discretion and must inspect damage within 15 days. The committee adopted the sub and passed the bill with favorable expression. Finally, Rep. Kim Holloway presented House Bill 571, which would require Transportation Cabinet light fixtures to be fully shielded to reduce light pollution affecting agriculture. She said light trespass can disrupt crop photoperiodism, pollination, and yields, and noted the economic importance of Kentucky agriculture. Members asked whether the bill applies only to Transportation Cabinet lights and how complaints would be handled; Holloway said it applies to state transportation lights and includes a process for landowners to request shielding, with a 30-day compliance period and a construction/maintenance exemption of up to 180 days. The committee approved the committee substitute and continued discussion of the bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/15/26

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • They now uh, work at a meat processor in St.
  • They now, uh, work at a meat processor in St.
  • They now work at a meat processor in St.
  • They now work at a meat processor in St.
  • can receive more at no one processor can receive more than than than 50,000.<00:21:36.320> And
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're a grower and a processor of organic frozen vegetables.
  • It's a big learning process for a lot of smaller processors as well.
  • for a lot of smaller processors as well. for a lot of smaller processors as well.
  • <00:33:51.200> Um, It's hard for a bigger processor.
  • Um, It's hard for a bigger processor.
Bills: HF3580, HF3566
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.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It got to a point where we are down now to basically one producer, or, excuse me, one processor that
  • If you've got a processor, a meat processor that contracts into a dominant retailer, and they're going
  • You know, if the processor gets some beef that doesn't look quite right or whatever, they'll say, "Well
  • You know, if the<00:21:43.600> processor<00:21:44.159> gets<00:21:44.400> some<00
  • :21:44.559> beef<00:21:44.880> that the processor gets some beef that the processor gets
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • Autonomous vehicles are... that have decision-making capabilities embedded in their onboard processors
  • Connected vehicles, on the other hand, rely on onboard processors that collect and share information
  • So in the background, we have processors that are running and are determining what should I be seeing
  • If an anomaly comes up that the processor has identified as something that I shouldn't be seeing, an
  • The processors will look at it and say, "Oh, I need to go back in and maybe do a recalibration."
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Processors, growers, dispensary owners. We have a sheriff here. We have two dispensary owners.
  • Again, like why are there not more true growers, processors, people who are really in this business on
  • We need processor representation, lab representation, compliance representation, OK? We need a.
  • You know, from a processor standpoint, everybody's already locked in on sizing and packaging now. you
Keywords: 914, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 16, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and watermen who want seafood processors and watermen who want to<05:02:40.840> sell<05:02:41.080
  • By giving watermen and processors more opportunities to sell the smallest and the largest blue catfish
  • Additionally, in the many months of engagement on this bill with watermen, processors, and manufacturers
  • from Maryland blue catfish processors from Maryland blue catfish processors opposing<05:08:29.600
  • Takes away some of the burdens on seafood processors that have those burdens that sometimes can't get
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Mar 19th, 2026

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Transcript Highlights:
  • Act 365 of 1987, also known as the Arkansas Catfish Processors Fair Practice Act, required Arkansas's
  • catfish processors who annually purchased over $100,000 of catfish from in-state producers to register
  • The act set forth requirements for the payments made by these processors to the producers and put in
Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee reviewed several agency rules and most were approved without objection. The Department of Agriculture repealed rules tied to the now-repealed Arkansas Catfish Processors Fair Practice Act. The Department of Human Services updated Medicaid policy to clarify child support enforcement treatment for pregnant women, remove the word “forcible” from rape/incest good-cause language, and eliminate a 90-day waiting period for ARKids B after loss of group coverage; members highlighted the significance of the language change and asked for a quick-reference eligibility chart. DHS Medical Services also received approval for a CMS cell and gene therapy model rule for sickle cell drugs and a technical Medicaid-assisted medication-assisted treatment update that was described as cost-neutral and non-substantive. The Department of Labor and Licensing presented several rules implementing recent acts and internal cleanup changes. These included procedures for local construction plan disputes under Act 591, Contractors Licensing Board amendments raising the restricted commercial license threshold from $750,000 to $1.5 million and allowing deferral of owner-complaint investigations during civil litigation, and a similar residential contractors change. The HVACR Licensing Board presented broader revisions under Act 746, including grammar and cleanup changes, elimination of the Class C license with transfer of existing holders to Class B, expansion of allowable work limits, a change to continuing education from four hours annually to eight hours per three-year code cycle, and clarification on training, child labor, and licensing issues. Several members questioned the practical impact of the HVAC changes, but the rule was approved. The committee also granted the Department of Inspector General’s request for exclusion from rulemaking reporting under Act 473, concluding that no rule was necessary because the act already defines the key terms and review process for foreign-adversary cultural exchange agreements. In addition, the Arkansas State Library’s report recommending continuation of its existing rules was accepted. During the status updates on outstanding 2023-session rulemaking, Education explained delays were due to overlapping 2025 amendments and the large volume of rules, while members expressed concern about the length of time since enactment; staff noted only a small number of 2023 rules remain outstanding. The meeting ended after written 2025-session updates were received with no further questions.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Those historically have been our poultry processors and integrators working in the state.
  • Those historically have been our poultry processors and integrators working in the state.
  • <00:13:38.480> integrators<00:13:38.959> working poultry processors integrators working
  • poultry processors integrators working in<00:13:39.440> the<00:13:39.519> in<00:13:39.760
  • <00:14:18.560> to producers and uh grain processors to producers and uh grain processors to
Summary: The meeting opened with a quorum, approval of the September 18, 2025 minutes, and a staff update on recent tobacco settlement-funded agriculture activities. The agriculture side highlighted Commissioner Shell’s outreach, including school visits, farm visits, and speaking engagements in Kentucky and a trip to Tennessee to discuss program models. A representative also described a national conference in Iowa, where Kentucky’s agriculture finance program was praised as a $180 million loan program built with tobacco settlement funds. The board noted September approvals totaling $950,000 for the agriculture development board and $3.3 million for the finance corporation, along with staff activity such as site visits, program closures, and project reports. The board also announced that the KKMP report covering 2015-2022 would be distributed and that the annual report, marking the program’s 25th anniversary, was being prepared. The board then reviewed two featured projects. The Organic Association of Kentucky requested $425,000 for organic producer support, but the board approved only one year of funding at $29,000, with members noting concern about recurring applicants and the need to evaluate long-term funding. The second project, by Joseph Dale Bentley in Lewis County, sought $51,300 to expand a small ruminant facility for goat production and export. Members were particularly interested because the project was already operating and creating market opportunities for Kentucky goat producers; the board approved half the project cost to help expand infrastructure and potentially allow quarantining on site. The cabinet then presented its annual update on tobacco settlement fund use in public health. Julie Brooks, Sarah Johnson, and Andrea Day reported on the HANS home visitation program, tobacco prevention and cessation efforts, lung cancer screening, and early childhood oral health. HANS served more families in FY25, rising from 6,293 to 6,715, and increased services from 139,943 to over 143,000. Tobacco prevention and cessation programs continued to support Quit Now Kentucky and My Life, My Quit, though officials noted federal uncertainty and the loss of federal tobacco control infrastructure. They also reported a slight decline in student outreach and cessation requests, but continued demand from schools and communities for vaping and nicotine prevention support. Lung cancer screening expanded to 55 screens, with Kentucky cited as a model for other states due to improved incidence, survival, and early detection rates. Early oral health efforts continued through local health departments, with more trainings for public health nurses, continued varnish kits, and expanded support for dental graduates and hygiene teams.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • When you think about how we get our commodities to the market, most every processor that we deal with
  • <01:29:22.639> that down the road from a a processor that down the road from a a processor
  • Oh, we got some really nice smaller processors.
  • , more of the local process in processors, more of the local process in the<01:51:37.679> state.
  • If you look what's going on processors.
Summary: The committee heard first from Kentucky Farm Bureau leaders, who outlined the organization’s current priorities and recent work on farmland transition. Eddie Melton said Farm Bureau is working through 983 county and advisory committee resolutions and highlighted support for the updated selling farmer tax credit, now law through House Bill 775, as well as Senate Bill 28’s agriculture economic development provisions. He said Farm Bureau’s likely priorities include maintaining the 50% share of the tobacco settlement fund for agriculture, protecting funding for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, preserving sales tax exemptions on farm inputs, keeping property taxes controlled, and exploring additional tools to keep farmland in active farmers’ hands, including possible loan or inheritance-tax changes. He also raised concerns about eminent domain transparency, nuisance deer permits, and access to agricultural inputs and crop protection products. Alita Bots described the farmland transition initiative in more detail, saying the revised state tax credit is generating strong interest and that a new federal tax provision now allows eligible land sales to actively engaged farmers to spread capital gains taxes over time. She said the initiative has reached 22 counties and more than 1,300 people this year through outreach and meetings, and that Farm Bureau is pairing policy work with resources to help farm families plan transitions and prepare wills and other estate documents. Drew Graham added that the effort is also meant to bridge the rural-urban divide and support rural communities, and Farm Bureau invited members to its annual meeting in early December. Members asked about rising insurance costs and deer damage. Farm Bureau representatives said severe convective storms, inflation, and higher repair and material costs have driven insurance rate increases, citing five major storm events since 2021 and a recent Owensboro hailstorm that caused about $350 million in losses; they said the company is moving toward percentage deductibles to help moderate increases. On deer, they said crop-loss totals are hard to quantify but acknowledged the problem and discussed possible coordination with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and Hunters for the Hungry. Commissioner Jonathan Shell then began the Department of Agriculture presentation, reporting gains from the department’s school agriculture outreach program, including a 23% increase in county participation between March and September and improved teacher-reported student learning, before continuing into the department’s legislative priorities.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 4th, 2025

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • number of the people in this room heard for the first time about the problems that our state meat processors
  • I am looking forward to helping these guys out, the processors.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Mar 19th, 2026

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Transcript Highlights:
  • Act 365 of 1987, also known as the Arkansas Catfish Processors Fair Practice Act, required Arkansas's
  • catfish processors who annually purchased over $100,000 of catfish from in-state producers to register
  • The act set forth requirements for the payments made by these processors to the producers and put in
Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee reviewed several agency rules and most were approved without objection. The Department of Agriculture moved to repeal rules tied to the now-repealed Arkansas Catfish Processors Fair Practice Act. The Department of Human Services updated Medicaid policy to clarify that pregnant women may still be referred to child support enforcement but will not be sanctioned during pregnancy and the 60-day postpartum period, removed the word “forcible” from rape/incest good-cause language, and eliminated a 90-day waiting period for ARKids B when group health coverage ends. DHS also received approval for a CMS cell and gene therapy model for sickle cell disease and a technical Medicaid medication-assisted treatment update that does not change coverage. The Department of Labor and Licensing presented several rules. One created procedures for the department to issue interpretations in local construction plan disputes under Act 591 of 2025. The Contractors Licensing Board and Residential Contractors Committee amended rules to raise the restricted commercial license threshold and light building project limit from $750,000 to $1.5 million, and to allow deferral of owner-complaint investigations while related civil litigation is pending. The HVACR Licensing Board presented broader cleanup and policy changes under Act 746 of 2025, including eliminating the Class C license by moving those holders into Class B, expanding work limits for Class A and B licensees, changing continuing education to eight hours per three-year code cycle, and keeping annual license renewal. Members asked detailed questions about impacts on businesses, training, youth working with parents, and whether any unintended burdens were created; the board said it had notified licensees and had received little pushback. The committee also granted the Department of Inspector General’s request for exclusion from rulemaking reporting for Act 473 of 2025, concluding that the statute was sufficiently detailed and did not require additional rules. In addition, the Arkansas State Library’s report was accepted, with the Department of Education stating that the library’s three existing rules should remain in effect. During the update on outstanding 2023-session rulemaking, Education explained that many delayed rules were held back because they were likely to be amended again in 2025, and members expressed concern about the length of time some rules have remained unfinished. The meeting ended after written 2025 rulemaking updates were noted, with no further action taken.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Mar 19th, 2026

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Transcript Highlights:
  • Act 365 of 1987, also known as the Arkansas Catfish Processors Fair Practice Act, required Arkansas catfish
  • processors who annually purchased over $100,000 of catfish from in-state producers to register with
  • The act set forth requirements for the payments made by these processors to the producers and put in
Keywords: 1204, all