Any policy bill that isn’t heard by Friday is dead for the rest of the year in the state legislative session. According to Agricultural Lobbyist Bruce Kleven, an effort to get year-round E15 is coming up against Friday’s deadline. “The Minnesota Corn Growers Association is working hard on that and it’s their top priority this year.” Kleven says the drought disaster bill for livestock and specialty crop growers is moving along in the Senate. The Minnesota’s Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to review the bill tomorrow. “Their bill differs a bit, but there’s no problem with the bill. It has to go through the Finance Committee, sit on a floor for a day and then, it gets taken up. There are faster ways to approve the bill, if needed. Even once this disaster bill is passed, it will take time for the Department of Agriculture to implement it.”
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