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Agriculture Finance and Policy

TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Thursday, February 15, 2024

STATE OF MINNESOTA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING
NINETY-THIRD LEGISLATURE


Agriculture Finance & Policy Committee Minutes

Representative Samantha Vang, Chair of the Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 1:00 PM on February 15, 2024, in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members Present
VANG, Samantha, Chair
PURSELL, Kristi, Vice Chair
ANDERSON, Paul, Republican Lead
BURKEL, John
CHA, Ethan
FREDERICK, Luke
HANSEN, Rick
HARDER, Bobbie
JACOB, Steven
NELSON, Nathan
REHM, Lucy
SENCER-MURA, Samantha
TABKE, Brad

A quorum was present.

Chair Vang led the introduction of new committee staff.

Representative Pursell moved that the minutes from March 21, 2023 be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Representative Pursell moved that the minutes from March 23, 2023 be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Representative Pursell moved that the minutes from March 28, 2023 be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Representative Pursell moved that the minutes from March 30, 2023 be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Presentation from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

Presenting:
• Thom Petersen, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
• Andrea Vaubel, Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Presentation from Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI).

Presenting:
• Shannon Schlect, Executive Director, AURI
• Dan Sparks, Director of Government and Industry Relations, AURI

Presentation from Agriculture Research Education Extension Technology Transfer, University of Minnesota (AGREETT).

Presenting:
• Brian Buhr, PhD, Dean, University of Minnesota College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS), University of Minnesota
• Mitch Hunter, Associate Director of the Forever Green Initiative and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, CFANS

Meeting adjourned at 2:30PM.





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Representative Samantha Vang, Chair



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Jared Margolis, Committee Legislative Assistant
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03:16 - Department of Agriculture.
46:49 - Agricultural Utilization Research Institute.
1:05:46 - Agricultural Research, Education, Extension and Technology Transfer.
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Presentations by:
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
Agricultural Research, Education, Extension and Technology Transfer

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