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Committee reviews AURI funding requests; two bills on value‑added agriculture held over
Summary
The committee heard testimony on funding increases for the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI). Representative Nelson’s bill would add $175,000 per year; Representative Gander carried an alternative bill matching the governor’s 2% recommendation. Both bills were held over for future consideration.
The House Ag Finance and Policy Committee heard two related proposals to increase state funding for the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) and received testimony from AURI leadership describing the institute’s work to add value to farm products.
Representative Nelson moved House File 857, which the nonpartisan fiscal analyst said would increase AURI’s base appropriation of $4,343,000 by $175,000 per year (a $350,000 increase over the biennium) beginning in fiscal 2026; the analyst added the bill contains no language making the increase one‑time, so it would carry into the next biennium. Shannon Schlicht, AURI executive director, described AURI’s role in converting raw agricultural commodities into higher‑value products and said the…
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