Senate Agriculture Committee advances S.60 to create Farm Security Special Fund, seeks $7.5 million transfer

The Senate Committee on Agriculture voted to pass S.60, a bill that would create a Farm Security Special Fund at the Agency of Agriculture to provide financial relief to Vermont farmers for uninsured losses from extreme weather, and approved removing an appropriation in favor of a transfer and cutting the bill's appropriation section. The committee recorded yea votes from Senators Norris, Watson, Bruce, Lyons, Westman, Brennan and Perchley.