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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill to appropriate $1.5 million to agricultural emergency account heard in committee 2/26/25
Transcript Highlights:
- the statute calls for the money to be used for emergencies that affect the producers of livestock, poultry
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uh the producers of livestock poultry uh the producers of livestock poultry
Summary:
The committee took up House File 1101, which would add $1.5 million to the agricultural emergency account beginning July 1, 2026. Chair Anderson explained that the account was created after the 2015 bird flu outbreak, has been funded in the past, and currently has about $1.2 million remaining. He said the bill would strengthen the state’s ability to respond to livestock disease emergencies and support the Board of Animal Health and Department of Health.
Representative Hansen offered the A1 amendment to shift $1.5 million from an unused $4 million dairy line item into the emergency account, arguing the funds were sitting unused, a federal farm bill was uncertain, and the money could help with immediate food testing and emergency response. Chair Anderson opposed the amendment, saying the dairy funds had been set aside for that purpose, he expected federal action in the coming months, and he was unsure the emergency account statute allowed the money to be used for food testing. He recommended a no vote.
A roll call was taken on the A1 amendment, and it failed by a vote of 6-7. After brief additional comment in support of the bill, House File 1101 was laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
MS
Transcript Highlights:
- What it does is gives Mississippi State the authority, the extension, to work with our poultry farmers
- No, I tell you, Mark Vegas here with the Poultry Association.
- to<00:09:48.880>
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here <00:10:47.040>with <00:10:47.200>the <00:10:47.279>Poultry - Vegas here with the Poultry Association. Vegas here with the Poultry Association.
Summary:
The committee first discussed a bill codifying herd-share/custom slaughter practices for small livestock producers. The sponsor proposed amending the bill to change “sale and/or purchase” to “deposit” and to allow pricing by live weight, dressed weight, or final weight. Members raised concerns that allowing payment by dressed weight could trigger federal USDA inspection requirements and conflict with existing federal rules. After discussion, the committee agreed to keep only the first change, striking “purchase” and inserting “deposit,” and to leave the weight-pricing language unchanged. The sponsor then withdrew the broader amendment, and the bill was reported out with a title-sufficient do-pass motion.
The committee next took up a bill authorizing Mississippi State University Extension to assist poultry farmers with management plans, citing delays caused by short staffing at NRCS and DEQ. Members asked whether the extension service was comfortable with the role and were told the assistance would be voluntary and not mandatory. The bill was reported out on a title-sufficient do-pass motion. The committee also approved a bill to allow crawfish farms to be licensed, and a bill on district livestock shows that would let the northeast district show be held at any facility within the county rather than only at the Verona livestock center, which the sponsor said was no longer suitable for the children involved.
The committee then considered a meat-labeling bill making technical amendments to last year’s law on cultured meat and related products. After an initial vote was set aside because of a communications problem, the committee reconsidered the bill and adopted an amendment changing a funding reference from “special” to “general fund.” The bill was then reported out as amended. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2631, creating a voluntary Mississippi Grain Indemnity Act to protect grain producers if elevators or buyers fail financially. The sponsor said the program would be funded by a per-bushel assessment, capped at $25 million, with possible state seed money still under discussion. Members asked about the source of any additional funds and the history of recent grain failures, and the bill was then moved forward on a title-sufficient do-pass motion.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 31 (2-20-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We've worked with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, the Kentucky Poultry Association, Tyson, two
- at their request because equine operations are very different in nature from typical livestock or poultry
- We've worked with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, the Kentucky Poultry Association, Tyson, two
- We've worked with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, the Kentucky Poultry Association, Tyson, two
- at their request because equine operations are very different in nature from typical livestock or poultry
Summary:
The House convened with 92 members present, approved the prior day’s journal, and received Senate messages announcing passage of Senate Bills 104 and 152 and Senate Joint Resolution 74. The chamber then moved through second reading of several bills, including measures on pension spiking, real property, organ donation safety, probationary retirement benefits, elections, and retired emergency personnel. Later, the Committee on Committees and Rules reported new referrals and posted bills for Monday’s regular orders, and the House also introduced several floor amendments.
Two bills were taken up and passed. House Bill 527, relating to insurance regulatory requirements, was amended by House Committee Substitute 1. The substitute removed language repealing the workers’ compensation deductible range, revised the strengthened Kentucky Homes program to provide one-time grants of up to $15,000 to approved contractors for certification costs, and added an emergency clause for that grant provision. Supporters described the bill as a broad technical modernization of insurance law, including updates to licensing and responsibility requirements; it passed 92-0. House Bill 111, relating to on-farm animal health, was also amended by House Committee Substitute 1 after the sponsor said the bill had been negotiated with agriculture and animal-industry groups. The substitute clarified that farmers may seek guidance from professionals, exempted equine operations, and preserved state and federal authority in disease or abuse cases; the bill passed 94-0.
During motions, petitions, communications, and announcements, members recognized Black History Month with a tribute to Georgia Davis Powers, highlighting her civil rights leadership and legislative achievements. The House also heard announcements about an upcoming Kentucky Nuclear Energy Authority/NITA board meeting and a Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board meeting. House Bill 495 was withdrawn by its sponsor, and House Bill 1 was briefly read and returned to committee as part of procedural handling. The House adjourned until 4:00 p.m. Monday, February 23, 2026.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on HF2446 5/9/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Line 46 is that the Senate is carrying a $2,000 appropriation to the Poultry Association.
- Top of page R4 has similar meat and poultry inspection services writers.
- <00:31:26.240>
In poultry inspection services writers. - In poultry inspection services writers.
- We had two backyard cases in the spring, but then we got hit hard in the poultry in the fall.
Summary:
The Agriculture Conference Committee met for an initial organizational and comparison session on House File 2446, the agriculture broadband and rural development bill. Members introduced themselves, noted that no conference target had yet been set, and agreed to begin with a side-by-side review of House and Senate positions. No oral testimony was taken; instead, the chair listed written testimony submitted by a wide range of agricultural, environmental, local government, food bank, and industry groups.
Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the major funding differences. Both bills included some shared items such as operating adjustments, wolf and elk damage compensation, and certain technical changes, but they differed on several major appropriations. The House generally proposed larger increases for meat inspection, local food purchasing, and the Board of Animal Health, and added items such as county inspector grants, biofertilizer innovation, a biosolids/PFAS-related study, a soil health study, broadband installation study funding, an Agri Works program, an Agri Support program, a milk grant program, and several House-only transfers and grants. The Senate included items such as a climate coordinator position, biofuel-related reductions and policy changes, livestock processing funding, farm-to-school and urban agriculture changes, MARL funding, cottage foods licensing updates, and several Senate-only pass-through grants and transfers. Staff also noted differences in the agriculture emergency account transfer approach and in how the two bodies handled the Second Harvest Heartland and related food distribution provisions.
House Research then reviewed the policy language differences in the bill. The House language included provisions allowing more flexible use of grant administration funds, unpaid prior-year claims, county inspector grants, and updates tied to its own policy article, while the Senate language included the climate coordinator, PFAS-related commercialization language, cooperative development grant permissive language, and other Senate policy changes. The committee did not take any votes or final actions at this meeting; the session was informational and focused on identifying differences for later negotiation.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Revenue and Taxation REVISED Feb 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Revenue and Taxation
Keywords:
excise tax, oil tax, natural gas tax, state revenue, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, income tax, tax credit, aerospace sector, employment, economic development, adaptive reuse, affordable housing, urban renewal, economic impact, program, housing, revitalization, urban development, income tax credit, manufacturing
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (11/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- We have rabbit poultry.
- We have rabbit<00:10:56.560>
poultry. - > We<00:10:57.440>
have <00:10:58.079>other <00:10:58.399>builds, rabbit poultry - We have other builds, rabbit poultry.
- Even if you put back in the sections, which I agree should be put back in there because unlike poultry
Summary:
The committee held a work session on House Bill 396, which would exempt meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in-state for in-state sale from certain inspections. Representative Comtois explained her amendment, saying she tried to address prior concerns by limiting the number processed monthly, adding a registration and disclaimer requirement, and folding beef, swine, sheep, and goats into the bill’s framework. Members discussed whether some sections from earlier language on bison, elk, and red deer had been inadvertently struck, and Comtois said she did not intend to remove those protections and would restore them if needed.
Several members raised drafting and policy concerns. Representative Miner suggested the waiver language should be a signed, notarized statement kept on file rather than filed with the Department of Agriculture, and Comtois agreed. Representative Gruber and Representative Scully discussed labeling and wording, including clarifying that the meat would not be “exempt” from federal inspection in the same way as non-amenable species, and adding language that any prosecution would be federal rather than state. There was also discussion about whether ground meat should be included for the amenable species, with Miner and Comtois indicating that excluding ground meat would reduce risk.
Commissioner Sean Jasper of the Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food testified strongly against the bill, saying it was a step in the wrong direction, lacked consumer protections, and could jeopardize food safety and the state’s meat processing system. He argued that the federal exemption for non-amenable species could not simply be extended to new species by state law, warned that USDA could respond by withdrawing federal inspections, and said the bill would not solve the real bottlenecks in slaughter capacity. He also said he did not believe there was a general shortage of inspectors, and that the practical issue was producers not scheduling animals year-round, which forces facilities to scale to the slow season. No vote was taken during the work session, and members continued discussing possible amendments and wording changes.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- representatives' districts concerning a lawsuit from the state of Oklahoma that is greatly impacting our poultry
- So this is a simple resolution that just expresses support for our poultry producers in the situation
- that is occurring. ...for our poultry producers in the situation that is occurring now.
Summary:
House Management considered a batch of House resolutions recognizing individuals, teams, and organizations, and approved them without objection or with voice votes. The measures included honors for Justin Tate and the Elkins football team; memorial resolutions for Senator Gary Stubblefield, Representative Stan Berry, and Bishop Kenneth L. Robinson; observances such as May as Skin Cancer Awareness Month and Arkansas Line Workers Appreciation Day; and recognitions for several championship teams, including the Roland Razorbacks wheelchair basketball team, the Mansfield Lady Tigers volleyball team, the Mansfield Tigers football team, the Pogy Patriots basketball team, and Rogers students. The committee also heard a resolution supporting poultry producers affected by litigation tied to the Illinois River watershed, and a resolution honoring the Junior League of Texarkana’s 100th anniversary.
Members discussed the consent-calendar process and were reminded that noncontroversial resolutions are typically placed on the blue consent calendar, while memorials and potentially controversial items go to the red calendar. The parliamentarian explained that presentations are livestreamed and archived, and that members may bring up to three guests for floor presentations. Several resolutions were noted for upcoming calendar placement, including memorials on the red calendar and some recognitions on the consent calendar.
All resolutions taken up in the meeting were approved. The chair also noted possible schedule changes, including a potential Thursday meeting and an additional meeting the following Monday.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- representatives’ districts, concerning a lawsuit from the state of Oklahoma that is greatly impacting our poultry
- So this is a simple resolution that just expresses support for our poultry producers in the situation
- So this is a simple resolution that just expresses support for our poultry producers in the situation
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- representatives' districts, concerning a lawsuit from the state of Oklahoma that is greatly impacting our poultry
- So this is a simple resolution that just expresses support for our poultry producers in the situation
- that is occurring. ...for our poultry producers in the situation that is occurring now.
Summary:
House Management considered a series of House resolutions and memorial resolutions honoring individuals, teams, and organizations. Measures included recognition of Justin Tate and the Elkins football team, memorial resolutions for Senator Gary Stubblefield and Representative Stanberry, Skin Cancer Awareness Month, the Razorbacks’ national wheelchair basketball championship, the High Hall boys basketball state championship, Mansfield High School’s volleyball and football championships, Rogers student achievements, the Piggott Patriots basketball championship, support for poultry producers affected by an Illinois River watershed lawsuit, the Junior League of Texarkana’s 100th anniversary, and Arkansas Line Workers Appreciation Day. The committee also heard an explanation that noncontroversial items generally go to the consent calendar, while memorials and potentially controversial items go to the red calendar.
Most resolutions were briefly presented by their sponsors, with no questions from the committee, and were approved by voice vote. The committee also received guidance from the parliamentarian on the consent calendar process and how presentations are livestreamed and archived for public viewing. Representative Steele’s memorial resolution for Bishop Kenneth L. Robinson was described as a bipartisan, multi-district tribute reflecting his statewide ministry and community impact; it was also approved and placed on the red calendar.
At the end of the meeting, members were reminded that the schedule could change, with possible meetings on Thursday and Monday the following week. The committee then adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Today I will be talking about the Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act, or the
- protections in the meat and poultry protections in the meat and poultry processing<01:44:58.800>
- Martinez Cruz spent 142 hours of on-site engagement with meatpacking and poultry processing employers
- Um there are 91<01:52:57.520>
meat <01:52:57.760>and <01:52:58.000>poultry <01:52 - :58.400>
processing 91 meat and poultry processing 91 meat and poultry processing facilities<01
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/12/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- and technical assistance, and the incubation of enterprises directly connected to the regenerative poultry
- Development Initiative and then distributed to 10 farms that are actively deploying the regenerative poultry
- and technical assistance, and the incubation of enterprises directly connected to the regenerative poultry
- Development Initiative and then distributed to 10 farms that are actively deploying the regenerative poultry
- and technical assistance, and the incubation of enterprises directly connected to the regenerative poultry
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm in the poultry business around here. It's tough.
- I'm in the poultry industry.
- In East Texas right now, you talk to some of the poultry industry people.
- It's hurting the poultry industry.
- They're not like a poultry plant. They're not like anything in the normal things that we think of.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Appropriations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- It's not just large animal vets; we're seeing the same issue with poultry veterinarians, who are also
- Whether it's poultry, beef, or dairy, that's what we want to prevent.
- All over the state, I can speak personally to that and attest to that personally with the poultry vet
- products to serve to our children, including fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, local beef, pork, poultry
- also limits the program to specific livestock species, including beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, poultry
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Mar 11th, 2025
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- contains funding for important work that the Department of Labor and Industry does to protect meat and poultry
- Labor and Industry does to protect meat Labor and Industry does to protect meat and<00:02:25.520>
poultry - and poultry processing workers. and poultry processing workers.
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for <00:15:55.920>Meat <00:15:56.160>and <00:15:56.280>Poultry - Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing<00:15:57.280
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- the severe weather we've had where uh feed, water, supplies couldn't be delivered to some of the poultry
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affecting <00:03:41.599>livestock, <00:03:42.480>poultry - , situations affecting livestock, poultry, situations affecting livestock, poultry, or<00:03:43.440
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Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:00
Attendance Roll Call: 00:32
SB 155 Discussion: 03:00
SB 155 Roll Call Vote: 07:50
SB 45 Discussion: 08:39
SB 45 Roll Call Vote: 36:00, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 155 by Senator Carpenter, which would give the commissioner of agriculture, in consultation with the state veterinarian, authority to declare and manage emergency situations affecting livestock, poultry, and other domesticated animals. The sponsor said the bill is intended to speed response to outbreaks, severe weather, and other urgent threats to animal welfare by reducing bureaucratic delays, while still working with the governor in major situations. Senator Webb praised the Department of Agriculture’s emergency response work, and the bill was advanced on a unanimous roll call vote.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 45 from Senator Webb, a repeat bill aimed at protecting agritourism and working-animal activities from local ordinances that could be used to restrict events such as rodeos, carriage rides, dog agility, and similar operations. Webb and supporter Mindy Patterson of the Cavalry Group argued the bill is meant to prevent local governments from using ordinances to shut down legitimate animal-related businesses and to protect local economies and property rights, not to shield animal abuse. Webb said he was willing to work with local officials and legal counsel on wording.
Opposition came from Lisa Krumman of the Kentucky Animal Care and Control Association and Campbell County animal services, who said the bill was not consulted on with animal control officers and could broadly exempt working-animal or agritourism activities from local animal welfare ordinances and inspections. She argued the language could create an “undue burden” challenge to county standards for food, water, space, medical care, and inspections, especially for commercial animal establishments such as breeding facilities and petting zoos. Committee members questioned both sides about the bill’s scope, and Webb said he believed existing public health, safety, zoning, and police-power language would preserve local authority, but no vote was taken on SB 45 in the portion provided.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Economic Development and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- Does a poultry or cattle farmer with maybe a few acres adjoining big timber companies like Rander John
- Does a poultry or cattle farmer rights.
- Does a poultry or cattle farmer with<00:13:47.279>
maybe <00:13:47.440>a <00:13:47.600>< - <00:14:06.079>
and <00:14:06.320>cattle paying small acreage poultry and cattle paying - small acreage poultry and cattle farming<00:14:07.040>
families <00:14:08.160>who <00:14
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee - Morning Session Dec 17th, 2025
A&B Natural Resources Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- There's a lot of focus today on the Illinois River in Adair County, poultry, yeah, poultry farmers, and
- County poultry yeah poultry farmers and Tyson's food so could you give us just a brief overview of where
- Poultry and everything over there, so the runoff is much greater than it used to be.
- A lot of our poultry farmers now have houses on relatively small acreages, so...
- Those are tough discussions when you're... because it doesn't affect the poultry people as much as it
Summary:
The meeting began with a budget presentation from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. Secretary Blaine Arthur and Deputy Commissioner Jan Lee described the agency’s divisions and recent efforts to improve efficiency, including expanded online licensing, electronic veterinary inspection certificates, and a new laboratory information system. They highlighted youth and workforce programs, local food initiatives for schools, market development efforts, and ongoing animal health concerns such as avian influenza, equine herpesvirus, and the threat of New World screwworm. They also discussed staffing, turnover, and uncertainty around federal cooperative agreement funding, while noting they were not requesting new or additional appropriations for the upcoming fiscal year.
Members asked about meat inspection staffing, the use of one-time forestry firefighting funds, biosecurity and national security coordination, and agency staffing levels. The department said meat inspection was currently in good shape but dependent on federal funding stability, and explained that prior firefighting dollars had been used for equipment purchases. They also said they work with state and federal partners, including DHS and FBI, on threat preparedness and have reduced turnover by adjusting salaries and maintaining staffing at or below prior levels.
The Oklahoma Conservation Commission then presented its budget and program overview. Staff described the agency’s long history and current work in water quality, flood control, soil health, unpaved roads, wetlands, and woody species control, especially eastern red cedar removal. They emphasized data-driven, voluntary conservation practices, citing stream cleanups, flood-control dam benefits, pond cleanouts during drought, and the Cherry-Peach watershed project as examples of programs that improve water resources and reduce wildfire risk. The agency said its workload has grown significantly and requested funding for critical dam repairs, local conservation district staffing, continued unpaved roads work, and expansion of woody species control statewide.
Members asked about county matching for road and dam projects, who to contact about flooding roads, sediment removal from pond cleanouts, and the effectiveness of county training programs. Commission staff explained that county in-kind work can count as match, local conservation districts are the first point of contact, and the road training has produced measurable savings and better maintenance practices. They also clarified that “high hazard” dams are those where failure could threaten people or infrastructure downstream, not necessarily dams that are structurally failing.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Brooke Rollins, of Texas, to be Secretary of Agriculture. Jan 23rd, 2025 at 09:00 am
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And just learning of the devastation in Georgia just over the last few weeks with the poultry outbreak
- and the depopulation there of our poultry.
- It's really caused some significant cost increases to our poultry growers, and it really doesn't have
- Cost increases to our poultry growers, and it really doesn't have any quantifiable profits.
- Or the poultry grower payment system, the capital improvement payment system.