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Senate committee hears Agriculture Department budget; plant‑protection FTE, fleet costs and food‑pantry protein request discussed
Summary
The Senate Government Operations Division reviewed the Department of Agriculture budget, questioning agency requests the House omitted or treated as one‑time authority and hearing a separate appeal to fund protein purchases for food pantries.
The Senate Government Operations Division heard the Department of Agriculture’s budget presentation and questioned agency leaders about several priorities the House either left un‑funded or converted to one‑time authority.
Representative Alisa Mitskog opened a brief presentation asking the Legislature to consider $2 million in state funds to purchase protein (meat) for local food pantries. Mitskog said the funding would offset a recent federal reduction that she said removed roughly $1 million from pantry distribution channels; the program in the current biennium had paired state and federal funds to deliver protein to food banks. The commissioner told the committee the department…
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