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Natural Resources panel advances agriculture budget and fee changes as eastern Oregon drought concerns surface
Summary
The committee reported the Department of Agriculture budget and several fee bills out; senators urged consideration of additional bridge funding and noted restoration of predator-control funding removed in the governor’s proposal.
The Natural Resources Subcommittee reported Senate Bill 5,502 — the Department of Agriculture budget — out with the dash-1 amendment and recommended do pass as amended. The subcommittee recommended a total-funds budget of $173.6 million supporting 491 positions, including policy packages for a cannabis reference lab, workforce housing grants, pesticide enforcement capacity and continued Japanese beetle eradication efforts.
Senator Bonham pressed the committee on support for eastern Oregon farmers facing…
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