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Agriculture conference committee reviews House and Senate spending differences in House File 2446
Summary
Nonpartisan staff walked members through a line-by-line comparison of House and Senate positions in House File 2446, showing dozens of funding and policy differences for the Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health and related programs. Committee chairs said no votes were taken and no target figure had been set.
Representative Paul Anderson and Representative Rick Hansen, co-chairs of the Minnesota Legislature’s Agriculture Conference Committee, convened the committee on May 5 to review differences between the House and Senate versions of the ag finance and policy package, House File 2446.
Nonpartisan fiscal and policy staff gave a detailed side-by-side briefing. Ken Savory, nonpartisan fiscal analyst for the House Agriculture Committee, told members the spreadsheet in their packet is titled “2025 agricultural broadband and rural development — House file 2446 — conference committee comparison.” He walked through change items in the Department of Agriculture budget, calling out differences including reductions and increases for soil health assistance, wolf and elk compensation, meat inspection, county ag inspector grants,…
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