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Committee advances bill moving farm management education to Agriculture Department
Summary
The House Agriculture Committee recommended a due pass and referred Senate Bill 2,274 to appropriations, clearing a measure that would move the state Farm Management Education program from the Department of Career and Technical Education to the Department of Agriculture.
The House Agriculture Committee gave Senate Bill 2,274 a due-pass recommendation and referred the measure to appropriations after supporters said moving the Farm Management Education program into the Department of Agriculture will better connect instructors with farmers and the department’s mediation and credit counseling services.
Sen. Greg Kessel, who sponsored the bill in the Senate, told the committee the program "was created to enhance farm operation management and prepare those interested in farming" and that moving the program into the Department of Agriculture would provide "additional insights…
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