Senate Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development Committee on 3/4/2024

Bills

Committee Members

Sen. Aric Putnam

Senate, 14, DFL, sen.aric.putnam@senate.mn, 651-296-6455

(Heard as: Putnam putnam )

00:33:34,940
00:33:46,120
00:35:46,560
00:40:42,520
00:41:40,000
00:45:30,520
00:48:03,820
00:51:00,500
01:05:14,680
01:05:37,640
01:23:45,020
01:28:45,460
01:41:51,580

Sen. Robert Kupec

Senate, 4, DFL, sen.robert.kupec@senate.mn, 651-296-3205

(Heard as: Kupiec )

01:06:39,060

Sen. Torrey Westrom

Senate, 12, R, sen.torrey.westrom@senate.mn, 651-296-3826

(Heard as: westrom West Weston westrom-center Westrom )

00:25:26,760
00:26:45,420
00:28:40,080
00:32:16,360
00:40:42,520
00:44:40,340
00:46:13,260
00:49:21,680
00:50:01,820
00:51:41,980
00:51:45,320
00:52:04,780
00:56:17,420
00:56:42,700
01:05:24,620
01:06:35,080
01:11:27,920
01:12:56,360
01:16:56,480
01:17:04,140
01:18:59,400
01:19:51,600
01:24:14,180
01:44:26,680
01:52:36,700
01:54:37,920
01:55:30,720
01:55:40,120
01:57:24,660
01:57:28,860
01:57:59,360
01:58:33,660
02:00:09,200
02:04:21,720
02:09:04,480
02:09:27,220
02:09:35,980
02:09:56,060
02:10:01,420

Sen. Bruce Anderson

Senate, 29, R, sen.bruce.anderson@senate.mn, 651-296-5981

(Heard as: Sam Anderson anderson Nelson Anderson )

00:10:18,480
00:10:47,340
00:10:50,360
00:11:22,780
00:11:37,360
00:11:52,860
00:12:20,140
00:28:03,040
00:28:16,240
00:28:21,960
00:28:27,300
00:45:11,260
00:45:58,220
01:07:23,400
01:08:11,140
01:09:18,120
01:09:42,900
01:11:18,340
01:11:44,460
01:26:29,000
01:29:18,400
01:29:38,740
01:32:54,760
02:09:05,760

Sen. Gary Dahms

Senate, 15, R, sen.gary.dahms@senate.mn, 651-296-8138

Sen. Gene Dornink

Senate, 23, R, sen.gene.dornink@senate.mn, 651-296-5240

(Heard as: Dornek )

01:12:53,580
01:13:17,340
01:16:39,420

Sen. Heather Gustafson

Senate, 36, DFL, sen.heather.gustafson@senate.mn, 651-296-1253

(Heard as: guffison )

02:10:01,420

Sen. Mary Kunesh

Senate, 39, DFL, sen.mary.kunesh@senate.mn, 651-296-4334

(Heard as: Kunish )

00:09:55,560

Sen. Judy Seeberger

Senate, 41, DFL, sen.judy.seeberger@senate.mn, 651-297-8060

Noteworthy Content:

00:16:19,000 - Ultimately this proposal will not only bring equity to Spanish-speaking agricultural workers but will also ensure we have more

00:54:59,420 - When you start having your equity which in many cases of farmers

00:55:08,060 - IRA or your other your retirement fund farmers have different retirement funds and some of those are equity funds that are

01:01:53,240 - $60,000 of our equity to take and stay in business in the dairy division now Land O' Lakes as a whole

01:02:41,880 - But on the dairy division they had a debt to equity in 2020

01:02:48,940 - or 2019 they had a debt to equity I was told of a hundred and sixteen percent

01:02:56,760 - then in 2022 I was told that their debt to equity was a hundred and ninety four percent

01:08:33,140 - Where they've needed equity to operate

01:35:05,100 - Cell culture products are

01:41:25,980 - in a free market economy are central parts of our identity as Americans,

01:46:40,060 - at least on the cell culture side,

01:51:55,240 - And we can split hairs if we should call it cell culture poultry or cell culture chicken.