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Montana Farmers Union outlines five ag priorities including right-to-repair, data-harvesting limits and country‑of‑origin labeling
Summary
Eric Somerfeld of the Montana Farmers Union told the committee the organization will push five priorities this session: right-to-repair agricultural machinery, limits/transparency on equipment data-harvesting, shelf‑space and procurement measures to promote Montana products, and country‑of‑origin placarding.
Eric Somerfeld, vice president of the Montana Farmers Union, presented five legislative priorities the organization plans to pursue during the 2025 session.
Somerfeld said the Farmers Union will seek a right‑to‑repair measure for agricultural machinery, legislation addressing data harvesting from GPS‑enabled equipment, a bill to promote shelf space for Montana products, procurement tracking for state agencies’ purchases over…
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