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Committee advances cleanup bill for soybean assessment tied to federal checkoff
Summary
House Bill 304, a cleanup measure regarding the soybean assessment and the interaction with the federal checkoff, advanced from the committee. Sponsors said the measure clarifies that Kentucky’s state assessment (a half-percent checkoff) would revert if the federal program ends.
House Bill 304, presented by Representative Ryan Bivens, would clarify state language governing the soybean assessment and its relationship to the federal soybean checkoff. The committee voted to advance the measure with a favorable recommendation.
Bivens said Kentucky is currently under a federal checkoff; the federal checkoff rate he cited is one-half of 1 percent. He described the bill as “cleanup language” to…
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