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Idaho Bean Commission asks committee to print assessment increase — first since 1992
Summary
Andy Wolf Wybie, executive director of the Idaho Bean Commission, asked the Senate Agriculture Committee to print RS 31817 to raise the industry check‑off assessment from 12¢ per hundredweight to 16¢ (split evenly between growers and dealers) to fund research, marketing and trade work; the committee voted to print the request.
Andy Wolf Wybie, executive director of the Idaho Bean Commission, told the Senate Agriculture Committee that the commission is requesting an increase in its commodity check‑off assessment, the first requested change since 1992.
“We as the Idaho Bean Commission have not requested an assessment increase since 1992,” Wybie said. She described inflationary pressures and new research needs — particularly in entomology and seed‑testing for diseases affecting export…
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