Video & Transcript Research : 'farm management'

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US
Transcript Highlights:
  • farm bill programs.
  • Noble Farms.
  • Keep farmers farming.
  • And so the farm...
  • and to stay in farming?
Summary: The meeting of the agricultural committee focused on significant concerns regarding the current state of America's rural economy, highlighting the need for a strong five-year farm bill to address the challenges faced by farmers, particularly young and beginning farmers. Key testimony was given by multiple stakeholders including agricultural leaders and young farmers, emphasizing issues related to crop insurance, access to credit, and the adverse impact of recent USDA funding freezes. Various members discussed the necessity of risk management tools that farmers rely on to secure financing, which is crucial for sustaining agricultural operations and supporting rural communities. The importance of timely legislative action was underscored, as many farmers reported struggles in the current economic climate, raising urgency for reforms within the Farm Bill framework.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, I still am a little bit farms.
  • And we will first start with Kazora Berry, farm director from Big River Farms.
  • They are 100% off-farm workers. So they farm, but they also have off-farm jobs.
  • <00:54:52.480> This fits her need for her farming. This fits her need for her farming.
  • for Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation. for Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Agriculture & Livestock Apr 8th, 2025

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • The property that we manage ourselves. I'm just.
  • you can best describe that you get from the city managers.
  • Bryan Adamek and I serve on the Texas Farm Bureau State Board, a farm in Victoria County where I grow
  • They'll come to us, we'll have grass, and we have farms to maintain.
  • I've got 20 different farms I have to look after.
Bills: HB2013, HB4163, HB4810
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The designation within Agri for Farm Business Management, FBM grants, is $2,750,000 each fiscal year,
  • drive our industry forward, and the farm business management program strengthens farmers’ business skills
  • the investments in farm business management and farm safety, health, and wellness.
  • <00:36:19.480> business<00:36:20.040> management investments in farm business management
  • investments in farm business management um<00:36:21.240> and<00:36:21.440> farm<00:36:
Bills: HF1704
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • biennium funding, so there is funding in this bill to feed kids in a farm-to-school program.
  • <00:12:54.800> to there is money in this bill for Farm to there is money in this bill for
  • Farming can be a small business, so you can have big business and be a farm.
  • Farms range at different sizes, and that's just the way the economy has evolved.
  • and be a farm Farms range at different and be a farm Farms range at different sizes<00:54:01.359
Bills: HF1704, HF2052
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 20th, 2026

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so they existed in these farms before CWD was ever introduced.
  • But, you know, deer farming has some special problems of its own.
  • And they travel from farm to farm to farm to farm doing live testing.
  • This bill has to do with how the program is managed. And '24 is when we... Managed.
  • So you will find me on a farm, on a tractor, bringing meals.
Bills: HB3270, HB3145, HB3056
Summary: The committee heard a lengthy presentation from Texas A&M professor Chris Seaberry on chronic wasting disease (CWD) genetics in deer and elk. He argued that susceptibility to CWD is polygenic, that genomic prediction can identify more resistant animals with high accuracy, and that selecting for resistant breeding values plus the PRNP codon 96 S allele could reduce disease prevalence. He said his work has been used in USDA/APHIS programs, that some facilities have been cleaned up using these methods, and that concerns about inbreeding, increased shedding, or harm to hunting quality are overstated. Committee members questioned the science, the risk of releasing potentially infected animals, the financial incentives for breeders, and whether wildlife agencies were resisting the program for philosophical or institutional reasons. The witness and senators also discussed the Department of Wildlife’s role, the Attorney General’s opinion, and whether the state should act more quickly or wait for more data. The committee then took up House Bill 3270, which would shift rulemaking authority for the deer-release/CWD program from the Department of Wildlife to the Department of Agriculture after members said Wildlife had failed to promulgate rules for two years. The Department of Wildlife testified that it believed it had complied by collecting native deer samples and that it had been operating under a different understanding until the Attorney General’s March 5 opinion clarified the original law. After debate over agency inaction, the adequacy of the science, and the impact on deer breeders and hunters, the committee voted 3-9 against the bill, and HB 3270 failed. The committee also confirmed Jessica Wilcox to an executive nomination by a 12-0 vote. It then advanced House Bill 3145, which clarifies tagging rules for commercial hunts by making $10 tags apply only to male native wildlife and $0 tags apply to female, feral swine, and exotic wildlife; the bill passed 12-0. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3056, which would allow unpasteurized cow, goat, and sheep milk to be sold at feed stores and farmers markets with labeling; members questioned gallon limits and whether the bill included adequate warning language, but no final action was taken in the portion provided.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 20th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • Dollars and they travel from farm to farm to farm to farm, doing live testing.
  • Apis came to me and wanted this for the farm deer.
  • They also operate a farm and ranch across Major and Blaine counties.
  • Jesse grew up on a highly diversified farm in eastern Muskogee County.
  • So you will find me on a farm on a tractor bringing meals.
Bills: HB3270, HB3145, HB3056
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 19th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first, and biggest, is solar and wind farms.
  • Our personal farm, we're about to lose 300 acres of land to a solar farm. The second part...
  • On our personal farm, here again, we're about to lose 300 acres to industrial development on our farm
  • on the County Farm Bureau Board, and last year I served as vice chair on the Texas Farm Bureau Young
  • I'm just speaking from my personal farm.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with only four members initially present, so quorum was not established until later in the hearing. The committee heard several agriculture-, wildlife-, and food-labeling-related bills, including HB 3479 on expanding the Rio Grande vegetative management program beyond carrizo cane to other noxious vegetation, SB 823 on shrimp origin labeling and restrictions on misrepresenting imported shrimp as Texas or Gulf shrimp, HB 3088 on giving Texas Parks and Wildlife more flexibility to procure resale goods for park gift shops, HB 1275 on permits for non-bovine dairy farms in certain TB-affected areas, HB 519 on honey production and packaging rules, HB 609 on cleaning oyster cages in-bay with bay water only, HB 1592 on a voluntary AgriLife pest and disease alert system, HB 2842 on targeted urban deer depredation permits, and HB 4163 on limiting city requirements that agricultural operators maintain roadside rights-of-way. Testimony generally came from industry groups, agency resource witnesses, and affected producers, with most witnesses supporting the bills and several bills drawing questions about enforcement, labeling responsibility, and the scope of local authority. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 823, where Vice Chair Hancock and others questioned why wholesalers would be covered if they cannot relabel products. The bill author and restaurant association witness said the measure was intended to improve transparency and allow enforcement against intentional mislabeling, while preserving a good-faith defense and clarifying that the bill does not create a private cause of action. HB 519 also drew supportive testimony from beekeepers and a family farm, who argued that current rules treat honey extraction and bottling too much like food manufacturing and burden small operations. HB 609 was presented as a way to save time and resources for cultivated oyster mariculture by allowing cage cleaning in the bay without soaps or chemicals, and HB 1592 was described as a voluntary opt-in alert system for pests and diseases coordinated through AgriLife and other state agencies. HB 43 generated the most detailed policy debate. The bill would restructure and expand the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority, update grant and loan programs, and create a pest and disease control depredation program. The committee substitute reduced some funding caps, changed references from predators to depredating animals, and made the financial provisions contingent on appropriations. Supporters from Texas Farm Bureau, cotton growers, grain and feed interests, and young farmers described severe drought, inflation, land loss, rising input costs, and shrinking infrastructure as major threats to agriculture, while one witness urged preserving priority for young farmers. After testimony, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported HB 43 favorably. The committee also voted HB 519, HB 609, HB 1275, HB 1592, HB 3088, HB 3479, HB 2842, and HB 4163 favorably, with several recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 823 was reported from committee on a 6-2 vote after adoption of the committee substitute. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would tentatively reconvene Friday morning and then recessed subject to the chair's call.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Into farm to school, and so that's the first part of the bill.
  • school, farm to institution program.
  • It's either you could rent or lease a farm, or you could rent or lease... From an incubator farm.
  • Are there not enough farms available? Are you hoping to grow this number?
  • Larson, my first thought was this is a deer problem, not a farm problem.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • hopes of Congress passing a farm bill. hopes of Congress passing a farm bill.
  • [Music] enough farms to be able to are are you enough farms to be able to are are you hoping<00:13:22.399
  • problem, not a not a farm problem. problem, not a not a farm problem.
  • <00:28:22.159> practices in some uh servid uh farming practices in some uh servid uh farming
  • influenza for agricultural workers, farm influenza for agricultural workers, farm workers,<00:41
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 3/17/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we wanted to come up with a robust farm bill that does what the state can to help our farmers and
  • :02.600> robust so we wanted to come up with a robust so we wanted to come up with a robust farm
  • 02:04.920> what<00:02:05.200> the<00:02:05.360> state<00:02:05.719> can farm
  • bill that does what the state can farm bill that does what the state can to<00:02:07.000> help
  • of having department is in the process of having every<00:04:05.360> dairy<00:04:05.680> farm
Bills: HF1704, HF1722
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 19th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Current law does not recognize preserve management.
  • We do have Brian Adamek with the Farm Bureau.
  • The biggest one is solar and wind farms.
  • We also serve on the County Farm Bureau board.
  • But farming and ranching are risky businesses, and starting a farm requires a massive startup investment
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Mar 2nd, 2026 at 10:00 am

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, for a small dairy farm, consumers become one of the last ways they can even kind of pay for anything
  • This bill allows to promulgate rules and develop training to assist county emergency management people
  • Emergency management people on how to handle these kinds of wrecks and who to contact for proper assistance
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • or otherwise off-farm direct to the consumer.
  • I mean, it's just ungraded all the whole nine yards, so coming off the farm. Any other questions?
  • I mean, it's just ungraded all the whole nine yards, so coming off the farm. Any other questions?
  • I mean, it's just ungraded all the whole nine yards, so coming off the farm. Any other questions?
  • management or the county emergency management?
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Apr 27th, 2026

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • My father farmed for my grandfather, who had a working farm. And we do not come here lightly.
  • And I grew up on a farm. I'm a farm boy. I worked in the sugar fields. I love the farmers.
  • Our parish is not anti-farming, by all means.
  • We go overboard with farming, and we're not anti-farming, by all means. Great deal of respect.
  • to school, the farm to table, all of those things.
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 23, which would create an Agricultural-based National Security Priorities Task Force to study issues such as Chinese drones, farmland ownership, and other technology-related concerns that could affect farmers and national security. Senator Kathy Stewart said the goal was to avoid unintended consequences in legislation and to bring agriculture stakeholders together. The resolution was moved favorably with no objections. The committee then took up Senate Bill 502 on sugarcane bagasse storage. Supporters, including the sponsor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, and the American Sugar Cane League, said the bill would clarify that bagasse is an agricultural byproduct and would protect storage practices that comply with department best practices from local ordinances. Several residents from St. Martin Parish testified in opposition, saying a large bagasse pile near their homes was out of compliance, created dust and odors, and caused health and property-value concerns. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably with no objections. House Bill 512, by Representative Schamerhorn, would prohibit the manufacturing and sale of cell-cultured food products in Louisiana while allowing university research to continue. An amendment was adopted to make the bill effective only if certain federal court rulings allow such a ban. The sponsor and Commissioner Strain argued the issue is still scientifically uncertain and that the state should avoid costly litigation; the bill was reported favorably with amendments after no objections. House Bill 1194, the Healthy Food Retail Act, was amended to shift food-desert research and mapping duties to the LSU AgCenter, while the financing authority would continue handling grants and related funding mechanisms. Supporters said the bill would improve data on food deserts and help target grocery access in underserved urban and rural areas; some members raised concerns about government subsidies and long-term dependence, but the sponsor and Commissioner Strain said the program is intended as infrastructure support to launch stores, not ongoing operating aid. After debate, the bill was reported favorably with amendments by a 10-3 roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably House Concurrent Resolution 65, which urges federal action to reclassify crawfish-industry job duties as agricultural labor for H-2A purposes; testimony emphasized labor shortages, the impact on crawfish and rice producers, and the need for more legal guest workers. The meeting ended with a brief informational handout on direct marketing and custom slaughter plants and adjournment.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Apr 27th, 2026

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • My father farmed for my grandfather, who had a working farm. We do not come here lightly.
  • And I grew up on a farm. I'm a farm boy. I worked in the sugar fields. I love the farmers.
  • We go overboard with farming, and we're not anti-farming, by all means. Great deal of respect.
  • to school, the farm to table, all of those things.
  • Crawfish industry is over $300 million a year at the farm level.
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 23, which creates an agricultural-based national security priorities task force. Senator Kathy Stewart said the task force is intended to study emerging technology and other issues to avoid unintended consequences for farmers while still protecting Americans. The resolution was moved favorably with no objections. The committee then heard Senate Bill 502 on sugarcane bagasse storage. Senator Kathy Stewart explained that the bill clarifies bagasse as an agricultural byproduct and would prevent local governments from regulating its storage so long as it complies with Department of Agriculture and Forestry best management practices. Supporters described bagasse as a useful byproduct for biofuel and other uses, while several residents from St. Martin Parish testified in opposition, saying a large bagasse pile near homes was out of compliance, created dust, odor, and health concerns, and had damaged property values and livestock. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably. House Bill 512 on cell-cultured food products was then considered. Representative Schamerhorn said the bill would prohibit the manufacture, distribution, and mixing of cell-cultured food products with other meat products, while amendments clarified the bill’s scope and delayed effectiveness pending certain court outcomes while preserving university research. Commissioner Mike Strain and others discussed legal uncertainty, safety questions, and the need for more research. The committee adopted the amendments and reported the bill favorably with amendments. House Bill 1194, the Healthy Food Retail Act, was also heard. The amendments shifted the food-desert study and related database/reporting responsibilities from the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to the LSU AgCenter. Representative Terry Landry and Commissioner Strain described the bill as a way to identify food deserts, create a 10-year elimination plan, and use grants or incentives to attract grocery stores and improve access to fresh food. Some members questioned government involvement and long-term sustainability, while supporters cited public health and economic benefits and examples such as the Fresh Food Financing Initiative and the Red Stick Market. After debate, the committee voted 10-3 to report the bill favorably with amendments. Finally, House Concurrent Resolution 65 was adopted. Chairwoman Butler’s resolution urges Congress and federal agencies to reclassify crawfish-industry job duties as agricultural labor for H-2A purposes. Testimony from Commissioner Strain and others said the current H-2A/H-2B split leaves crawfish processors short of workers, causing major losses to the industry and affecting rice farmers, restaurants, and related businesses. The resolution was reported favorably with no objections, and the meeting adjourned after a brief personal privilege announcement.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN Public Hearing 02-04-2026

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Farm Bureau. Farm Bureau. >> Thank<00:01:56.560> you,<00:01:56.799> chair.
  • of the Hawaii Farm Bureau.
  • >> uh pest control branch manager. >> uh pest control branch manager.
  • been managing for uh to speed uh grant. been managing for uh to speed uh grant.
  • solid waste management. solid waste management.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several agriculture-related measures, beginning with SB 2309, which would require the agricultural loan division to sell portions of its loan portfolio and use the proceeds to expand the agriculture loan revolving fund. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and the Hawaii Farm Bureau supported the bill, along with several other organizations and individuals. A committee question focused on the risk of not finding a qualified buyer for the loan portfolio; DAB said a mandatory sale of the full amount could force a less favorable rate, while flexibility to sell different amounts could produce a more equitable return. The measure drew eight supporters and no opposition. The committee then took up SB 2317, which directs DAB to study insurance coverage for small producers and report back to the Legislature. DAB and multiple farm groups supported the bill. In response to a question about cost, DAB estimated about $250,000 would be needed, with the study likely covering crop, health, and liability insurance. The next measure, SB 2318, would establish an agriculture statistics program in statute. DAB said it strongly supported the bill and could ramp up quickly if positions were provided; the committee discussed whether a first report could be completed by year’s end if the bill became law midyear, and DAB said yes. SB 2319, which would fund and make permanent a full-time grant writer position at DAB, also drew strong support from DAB, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, Ulupono Initiative, the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, the local food coalition, and others, with testifiers emphasizing the position’s return on investment and success in bringing in federal funds. The committee also heard SB 2321, establishing a two-year pilot program to respond to the twoline spittlebug. DAB, ranching groups, and many others supported the bill, citing the pest’s spread and the need to act before it becomes unmanageable. A DAB pest control manager said he would need to research past response details and provide them later. Members emphasized the importance of early intervention. For SB 2323, which creates a farmland transition commission to study barriers to farmland access and recommend solutions, DAB offered comments and support for the intent, while farm groups generally supported the concept but raised concerns about the proposed age range and whether a separate commission was necessary. DAB said the Board of Agriculture likely would not have the capacity to perform the commission’s duties and estimated there would be costs to establish it, though no figure was available at the hearing. Finally, the committee heard SB 2332, which reestablishes the agriculture and food security special fund, creates a carbon emissions tax and dividend fund, gradually raises carbon-related tax rates, and provides a refundable carbon cashback credit. DAB supported the measure and deferred to Taxation on details; the Department of Taxation said it would stand on its comments, and the Attorney General’s office offered comments and recommendations. Carbon Cashback Hawaii and the County of Hawaii Department of Research and Development supported the bill, arguing it would reduce emissions, protect lower-income households, and be relatively simple to administer.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-04-09

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • business management, the farm to school program, and wastewater treatment for the First District Association
  • in farm advocates, and new base funding for farm safety and rural mental health.
  • funding you put into farm to school.
  • Most of the grants are for $15,000, but the size of the farms ranges from a 2-acre sweet corn farm to
  • a farm of 320 acres, so there's a big variation in farm size.
Bills: HF2446
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Farm Bureau says that they can cause more than $100 million annually in property damages, and currently
  • And it's really deregulating the rights of property owners, landowners, and hunters to go out and manage
  • So, I guess you farm a ranch or own real estate.
  • Granted, some don't care about Trophy deer, but I've managed them for 20 plus years, and we kill a lot
  • I'm like, most people have a farm policy or ranch policy that would cover something like this.