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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- of farmers markets and farm stands do just that.
- Because that's not what happens when our farmers sell eggs.
- All we are asking is to treat small farmers who are selling their ungraded eggs at the farmers market
- And that is why our farmers don't want to become graded.
- , new farmers, and veterans as well in this very important deed.
Bills:
SB1864
Committee:
House Agriculture & Livestock
Keywords:
eggs, ungraded eggs, egg grading, poultry, farm products, local food, small farmers, direct-to-consumer sales, wholesale food sales, food safety, refrigeration requirements, sanitation standards, occupational license, dealer-wholesaler license, Texas Department of Agriculture, restaurants, small grocery stores, cooperatives, farmers cooperative, agricultural regulation
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- It uptakes into plants, and yes, it impacts all farmers, including Black farmers.
- Black farmers.
- Our main business model is farmers' markets.
- Our main business model is farmers' markets.
- What a small-scale farmer is.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Natural Resources
Keywords:
PFAS chemicals, agriculture, environmental impact, regulation, food safety, farmers, food security, Washington, support for farmers, cannabis, cooperatives, marijuana industry, HB 2238, HB2238, statewide food security, food security strategy, hunger, food insecurity, food access, food assistance
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- program to provide grant funding rather than upfront funding to facilitate direct purchasing from farmers
- the sponsor for bringing this forward and for his tireless work on behalf of his constituents and farmers
- we've got to be doing so much more here on the committee and in this body generally to support our farmers
- Wilcox, and thank you for driving and leading the effort to make sure that we continue to fight for farmers
- And thank Representative Schmick for being willing to join us in making sure that Washington farmers
Committee:
House Agriculture & Natural Resources
Keywords:
relocation, wildlife, game farm, agriculture, environmental impact, animal welfare, force-feeding, birds, humane treatment, sea lion, predation control, salmon preservation, fishing industry, voluntary donations, derelict vessels, marine environment, coastal management, environmental protection, maritime economy, farmers
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine risk management, credit, and rural business views on the agricultural economy, focusing on views from the field. Mar 11th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Riceland Foods is a farmer-owned cooperative that's been in business since 1921.
- Securing a strong safety net for our growing members also provides stability for both farmer-owned cooperatives
- Keep farmers farming.
- Farmers to have when you are making loans to those farmers.
- And and actually a young farmer also a beginning farmer, right?
Keywords:
farm bill, rural economy, crop insurance, access to credit, young farmers, USDA funding freeze, agricultural policy, risk management
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.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- We think it really highlighted the struggle is real for our farmers out there.
- , but leaves the small farmer hanging dry.
- Between time, labor, fuel, and fees, small farmers simply cannot compete.
- We recognize that our farmers are struggling to remain commercially viable.
- Ferry County has lost a third of our farmers and ranchers in the last eight years.
Committee:
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources
Keywords:
agriculture, protection, state regulation, farmers, land use, sustainability, steelhead, conservation, wildlife, fishing, environmental protection, federal response, wildfire protection, community safety, infrastructure, natural resources, commercial shellfish, fees, fishing industry, regulations
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 12th, 2026 at 09:04 am
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a farmer on the upper Rio Grande.
Bills:
SB193
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband Mar 31st, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, cooperatives own the poles.
- I don't want cooperatives to lose $1.
- For years, if you've seen one electric cooperative, you've seen one electric cooperative.
- Cooperative against House Bill 3448.
- Blake Moore, CEO of Lamb County Electric Cooperative, representing Lamb County Electric Cooperative and
Committee:
House S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill is to actually encourage collaboration, collaboration and cooperation.
- The bill is to actually encourage collaboration, collaboration and cooperation.
- Edmonston, provides relative to parent-driven learning cooperatives. Thank you so much, Rep.
- We operate as a parent-driven learning cooperative.
- School boards, in their cooperative endeavor agreements with businesses, will determine all of the rest
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
school safety, emergency operations plan, crisis management, active shooter, drills, training, classroom security, primary health services, behavioral health, school health providers, medical necessity, student health care, education, school week, instructional time, public schools, performance score, student athletes, cardiovascular health, sudden cardiac arrest
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 50 Apr 30th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
bail bondsman, bondsman license, multicounty agent bondsman, surety bondsman, Insurance Commissioner, bail bond regulation, bond deposit, forfeiture, deposit ratio, writing capacity, license transfer, power of attorney, surety bond, bail industry, Oklahoma insurance law, financial solvency, administrative action, Oklahoma Local Food for Schools, school meals, local food procurement
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 21st, 2026 at 08:00 am
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Sherry Nelson, and I'm with the Washington Rural Electric Cooperative Association as their
- new executive director. ...and I am with the Washington Rural Electric Cooperative Association as their
- Rural electric co-ops are not-for-profit, community-owned utilities under the cooperative model, serving
- The cooperative boards set the rates, and they return to member-owners revenue not needed for operation
- And we can't do that without looking upstream and working with our farmers.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Natural Resources
Keywords:
wildfire prevention, Washington wildfire council, fire safety, environmental protection, state regulations, HB 2238, HB2238, statewide food security, food security strategy, hunger, food insecurity, food access, food assistance, anti-hunger, nutrition education, food system literacy, agricultural viability, supply chain resilience, Washington Department of Agriculture, food policy forum
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Agriculture and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- What that is, even in the event that there is a burn ban in place, a farmer or rancher can go ahead and
- So, follow up: would you believe also that there are so many bears that there are some farmers up there
- Constituent request bill to allow farmers to sell ungraded eggs.
- Specifically with our urban farms and farmers' market for a specific number that may be comparable to
- Any time that you're ready, so we can make the number appropriate for what we need to do for our farmers
Committee:
Senate Agriculture and Wildlife
NM
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
Keywords:
SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- if you've been in any kind of local office or any local government, you're familiar with these cooperative
Committee:
House State Government
Keywords:
codification, Code of Alabama 1975, cumulative supplement, replacement volume, technical corrections, code cleanup, state code update, local laws, Secretary of State, Code Commissioner, Thomson Reuters, boating violation, scrivener's error, typographical correction, clerical correction, legislative housekeeping, 2024 Regular Session, 2025 session statutes, county local laws, official code publication
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 6th, 2026 at 04:27 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- acknowledging that because there are some incredible—I mean, there are ranchers in my district, there are farmers
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a cooperative agreement.
- It is a cooperative agreement.
Committees:
Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, House Bill 628 by Representative Landry authorizes a school board to engage in a cooperative
- But I think getting a cooperative endeavor agreement with a local school board opens up so many doors
- But I think getting a cooperative endeavor agreement with a local school board opens up so many doors
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
mandatory reporter, child abuse training, online training, Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Education, educator requirements, early childhood education, microcenter, school board, cooperative endeavor, economic disadvantage, vaccination, meningococcal disease, school entry, immunization requirements, public health, academic freedom, free speech, retaliation, faculty rights
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture REVISED: HB3902 - Added Feb 16th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- milk, goat milk, sheep milk, donkey milk, horse milk, directly to consumers through feed stores, farmers
Committee:
House Agriculture
Keywords:
raw milk, unpasteurized, farm sales, Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act, local producers, advertising, animal welfare, commercial pet breeders, licensing, animal cruelty, labor, employment definitions, agricultural services, Oklahoma Workforce Commission, confidentiality, data access, right to repair, agriculture, OEM, repair providers
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Obviously, I'm not a farmer. But it really has workshops around this.
- So are you saying that farmers should not spray their alfalfa to protect the equine population in our
- Farmers do too, ranchers do too, but we also know we are realistic.
- I am a Farmers Insurance agent based in McKinley County in the city of Gallup.
- I'm just being very protective of my farmers.
Committee:
Senate Senate Conservation
Keywords:
insurance, wildfire, flood damage, natural disasters, property coverage, water projects, appropriation, New Mexico, finance authority, infrastructure, New Mexico Finance Authority, funding, SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Our farmers in the Valley have been impacted.
- I've managed the farmers' cooperative and the.
- , I'm starting out as a first-generation farmer.
- It increases the amount that is available, not just to young farmers, but to farmers and ranchers of
- As a farmer, that's a direct attack on us.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Livestock
Keywords:
agriculture, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, veterinarian, veterinary medicine, veterinary telemedicine, telehealth, telemedicine, veterinarian-client-patient relationship, VCPR, animal health, livestock, pets, remote care, electronic means, telephone consultation, controlled substances, prescription drugs
Summary:
The second bill, House Bill 3469, was introduced to address pest control regulations concerning nuisance birds. Representative Campos explained how the bill proposes non-lethal methods to deter these birds, such as the use of laser lights and sounds, which avoids conflict with both state and federal regulations. The committee heard impassioned testimonies from members of the public who shared firsthand experiences regarding the adverse effects of these birds on property and public health. The meeting concluded with both bills being left pending, reflecting a desire for further deliberation among the committee members.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Bills:
SB5816 , SB5838 , SB5930 , SB5960 , SB5971 , SB6075 , SB6097 , SB6104 , SB6216 , SB6233 , SB6318 , SJM8015
Committee:
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources
Keywords:
juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, tribal representation, natural resources, board of natural resources, environmental policy, community involvement, irrigation districts, director contracts, beneficial interests, transparency, governance, ungulate populations, wildlife management, habitat restoration, conservation, sustainability