The Minnesota Senate passed the Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Environment, and Climate supplemental budget with a vote of 36-to-30. The Republican lead for the agriculture committee, Senator Torrey Westrom, said he likes the agriculture segment of the bill. However, Westrom said the ag bill was tied to two more controversial measures. “I wish we could be voting on this subject matter alone in this bill because I think you’d see a vastly different result in the vote.” The ag section of the bill includes a significant investment to address the water quality issues in the Karst Region of southeast Minnesota. There’s special language to deal with High Path Avian Influenza and funding for the AGRI grant programs.
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