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Senate committee approves fallback language for soybean market checkoff; pork amendment added
Summary
The Indiana Senate Committee on Agriculture passed Senate Bill 55 with two amendments that clarify how assessment funds would be used if federal checkoff programs end: an amendment to require at least 50% of soybean assessment funds be used for regional, national or international projects, and a pork producers amendment setting an 80/20 allocation under the fallback provision. The bill passed the committee 9–0.
Chairwoman Leising opened the committee by introducing Senate Bill 55, the soybean market development bill, and said the measure included two amendments addressing how state-collected assessment funds would be treated only if a federal program ceased to operate.
Sarah, director of policy and industry affairs for the Indiana Soybean Alliance, explained the primary amendment would add specificity to the board’s approval criteria: "at least 50% of the funds collected must meet that second criteria" prioritizing projects with regional,…
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