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House committee advances bill to change Alfalfa and Clover Seed Commission membership and assessment cap
Summary
The House Agriculture Affairs Committee voted to send House Bill 173 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after sponsors and growers described shrinking membership and a request to raise the commission's assessment ceiling to one cent per pound to support research and industry representation.
Representative Sean Deigert introduced House Bill 173 to the House Agriculture Affairs Committee and the committee voted to send the bill to the full House with a due-pass recommendation.
The bill, as described by Representative Sean Deigert, would change the composition of the Alfalfa and Clover Seed Commission and increase the assessment ceiling paid on seed sales. "House Bill 173 is, relating to the alfalfa and clover seed commission," Deigert said, and described a membership structure of five growers, one University of Idaho representative and one dealer. He told the committee the proposal…
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