02/11/2026 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

Senate Labor and Commerce Committee · February 11, 2026

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Call to order, committee membership, purpose announced

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Senator Bjorkman called the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee to order at 1:33 p.m., noted a quorum (Senators Gray Jackson and Dunbar present; Merrick at finance; Yount excused) and said the committee would pause legislation to hear about Alaska's agricultural industry with invited representatives from the Alaska Farm Bureau, Alaska Farmland Trust and DNR's Division of Mining, Land and Water.

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The Senate Labor and Commerce Committee met in Juneau on Feb. 11, 2026, for a hearing on Alaska agriculture. Presentations from the Alaska Farm Bureau, Alaska Farmland Trust, several Alaska farmers and the Division of Mining, Land and Water outlined opportunities (agribusiness, agritourism, virtual fencing) and barriers (land access, appraisals, audits, processing, financing) to expanding farming in the state.

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