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Agriculture Finance and Policy

TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Thursday, February 22, 2024

STATE OF MINNESOTA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TWENTY-SIXTH 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 22, 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.

Presentation from the University of Minnesota Department of Soil, Water, and Climate.

Presenting:
• Dr. Carl Rosen, Professor, University of Minnesota Department of Soil, Water, and Climate

Representative Pursell moved that the minutes from February 20, 2024 be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Presentation from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA).

Presenting:
• Peder Kjeseth, Assistant Commissioner, MDA
• Brad Jordahl-Redlin, Pesticide and Fertilizer Management, MDA
• Joshua Stamper, Pesticide and Fertilizer Management, MDA
• Margaret Wagner, Pesticide and Fertilizer Management, MDA

The meeting was adjourned at 2:32 PM



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Representative Samantha Vang, Chair



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Jared Margolis, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..
House TV Video:
View Archive

00:35 - Nitrates in soil.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.


Presentations on nitrates in soil:
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
University of Minnesota: Dr. Carl Rosen, Professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate

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