As crossover approaches, the North Dakota House Agriculture Committee has been busy the recent few weeks. Chair Paul Thomas says one of the bills generating attention deals with the structure of the state soybean checkoff. “The (North Dakota) Soybean Council is looking at ways to remove some of the state provisions for audits, purchasing through the Office of Management and Budget and having state employees.” In it’s final form, the bill only removed provisions for state audits. Representative Lori VanWinkle was one of two ‘no’ on House Bill 1501, saying it didn’t accomplish everything it originally set out to do. The committee gave the bill a ‘do pass’ recommendation with an 11-2 vote.
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