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Agriculture department increases noxious‑weed grant authority and supports beginning farmer programs
Summary
Department of Agriculture testimony and committee discussion showed growing demand for noxious‑weed grants and beginning‑farmer assistance; the department requested authority to spend license‑plate revenues and noted ~$5 million in recent grant requests against $1.2 million available.
Deputy Director Zack Coccoli represented the Department of Agriculture and told the subcommittee the agency's HB2 package focuses largely on fee‑funded programs and authority to spend user revenues for services.
Coccoli said the department sought an additional $600,000 in authority for noxious‑weed grants derived from specialty license plate revenue and noted the department received roughly $5…
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