In an ongoing effort to nurture animal agriculture in North Dakota, the Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee took testimony on a proposal to create regional livestock planning grants. “This will allow the resources, the know how and the finances to help get this in motion,” said Brenda Elmer, executive director, North Dakota Corn Growers Association. In addition to regional livestock planning grants, this bill would update zoning at the local level. North Dakota Soybean Growers Association Executive Director Nancy Johnson said some county zoning regulations haven’t been updated since the 1970s. “I can just imagine the excitement of a farm family doing succession planning which concludes that rather than try to buy more land, adding animal agriculture and bring more family members back to their farm only to learn that their township zoning hasn’t been updated for 20 years. That can stop progress cold.” The Senate committee did not take action in Friday’s hearing.
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