Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF1941

E Relating to agriculture; establishing a state livestock production+ promotion
policy and specifying certain requirements of state agencies and +local
government units; requiring the commissioner of employment and +economic
development to make funds available for dairy modernization grants to+ eligible
regional or statewide development organizations for the acquisition,
construction or improvement of buildings or facilities or the +acquisition of
equipment for dairy animal housing, confinement, feeding, milk +production and
waste management; requiring the commissioners of agriculture and DEED+ to
establish an application process; requiring the commissioner of +agriculture to
report to the legislature by a certain date on a value added +agriculture
program to pay beginning dairy farmers based on the amount of milk +production
(ra, ja)