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Rep. Fisher proposes carving mill income for wheat-breeding funds; committee asks for more details
Summary
Representative Fisher proposed amendments to Senate Bill 2014 to direct 3% of net income from the State Mill and Elevator Association to the main experiment station and another 3% to branch research centers to fund wheat-breeding programs.
Representative Fisher presented an amendment to Senate Bill 2014 that would direct additional transfers from net income earned by the State Mill and Elevator Association to support wheat-breeding programs at North Dakota State University’s main experiment station and branch research centers.
Fisher’s amendment would add two new transfers in Section 16: 3% of the mill’s net income to the main experiment station fund for a wheat-breeding program and 3% to a special fund allocated equally among branch research centers that participate in wheat breeding. Fisher said the proposed language follows the existing structure that directs 5% to the agricultural…
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