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UDAF: Legislature advancing ag cleanup bill; pollinator pilot to be made permanent
Summary
Amber Brown of the Utah Department of Agriculture updated the department on the legislative session, highlighting HB 253 (an annual agriculture cleanup bill) and HB 251 (which would make the pollinator pilot program permanent), along with changes to a veterinarian loan repayment program, fertilizer terminology and water optimization funding.
Amber Brown, director of legislative and government affairs for the Utah Department of Agriculture (UDAF), told department staff this week that the 2025 legislative session is in its third week and “after this week, we have 4 more weeks to go.” She said UDAF staff are meeting daily at the Capitol to advocate for agricultural priorities and presented the department’s budget to the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environmental Quality Appropriations Committee.
Brown said two bills important to UDAF have cleared House committee review and will be considered on the House floor. The first, HB 253, is the department’s annual agriculture “cleanup” bill. Brown described it as a set of clarifying, mostly administrative changes that “will help our programs be managed more effectively.” She highlighted several provisions the bill would change…
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