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House Ag Committee introduces growers' bill to expand alfalfa and clover seed commission
Summary
The House Agriculture Affairs Committee voted to introduce RS 32,251, a request from alfalfa and clover seed growers to increase their commission's assessment cap and change board composition to add a University of Idaho representative and expand the board.
Representative Sean Dygert, District 23, told the House Agriculture Affairs Committee that RS 32,251 came from the alfalfa and clover seed growers seeking changes to their commodity commission. "This is the growers requesting this increase of what they're getting," Dygert said, adding the measure would let the commission partner with the University of Idaho on research projects.
The bill proposal would raise the commission's assessment cap and alter…
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