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Senate gives do-pass to grasslands grazing grants bill after testimony from ranchers and agencies
Summary
Senators voted to give a do-pass recommendation to Senate Bill 2368, which would codify a grasslands grazing cost-share grant program that has been administered by the Agriculture Commissioner and funded through recent appropriations.
Senate Bill 2368, introduced by Sen. Greg Kessel, would codify the grasslands grazing grants program in the Agriculture Commissioner's chapter of the North Dakota Century Code. The program has been run through the commissioner’s budget during two recent bienniums and received appropriations totaling $6 million across sessions; testimony before the committee identified $3,000,000 currently included in House Bill 1009 for the program in this session.
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring told senators the bill establishes parameters for administering the grasslands cost-share…
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