In House panel hears broader omnibus agriculture finance bill, Session Daily's Nate Gotlieb reports on the entire Minnesota House Agriculture Omnibus bill. Worth a read--and we embed the Minnesota House Information Service YouTube below.
Earlier Wednesday morning, we posted about the diminished possibility that Minnesota might pass groundbreaking policy In ag omnibus bill, Minnesota is not quite so poised to lead an environmental breakthrough.
Gotlieb reports:
Disagreement on pesticides
. . . But views diverge when it comes to pesticide proposals. Tim Waibel, president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, opposes the proposed increase on the pesticide sales tax.
In a letter, he also opposes requiring a warning label for seed treated with neonicotinoids. He said such seed is not used to produce ethanol in Minnesota and that adding it to a seed label could give the public the impression that it is.
Pollinator advocates want more stringent restrictions and are urging House members to include a proposed ban on chlorpyrifos and a proposal to increase fees on dicamba herbicides in the final bill.
We'll keep an eye open.
Here's the YouTube of the hearing:
Related posts:
- In ag omnibus bill, Minnesota is not quite so poised to lead an environmental breakthrough
- Pollinator protection bills heard today in the Minnesota House Agriculture Committee at 1PM
- Pollinator habitat? Some MN critical habitat license plate revenues could get new uses
- Conservation groups sue USFWS for refusing to designate rusty-patch bumblebee critical habitat
- Session Daily: Pesticide scrutinized for affecting child brain development could be banned
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