Senate Committee on Agriculture

 

AGENDA

 

Room 26

January 21, 2020 - January 24, 2020

Last Updated 1/24/2020 3:46 PM

 

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

10:00 AM                   S. 209 - An act relating to the bonding requirements for milk handlers

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Catherine DeRonde, Senior Economist, Agri-Mark

 

11:00 AM                   S. 194 - An act relating to standards for the sale of hemp seeds

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, American Seed Trade Association

 

1:55 PM                   Senate Floor Convenes

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's FY2021 Proposed Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

9:00 AM                   S. 180 - An act relating to prohibiting the use and application of the pesticide chlorpyrifos

Sen. Tim Ashe, Sponsor

Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, American Seed Trade Association

 

9:30 AM                   Vermont Agriculture Strategic Plan Report

Room 10

Joint hearing with House Agriculture and Forestry Committee

Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

Laura Ginsburg, Agricultural Development Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Mark Cannella, Associate Professor, University of Vermont Extension

Will Stevens, Owner, Golden Russet Farm

Ela Chapin, Farm and Forest Viability Program Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Janice St.Onge, President, Flexible Capital Fund

Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network

Netaka White, Owner, Tak About Hemp

Adeline Druart, President, Vermont Creamery

Jenn Colby, Pasture Program Coordinator, UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture

 

Thursday, January 23, 2020

9:00 AM                   Vermont Forest Carbon Sequestration Working Group Final Report Act 83 of 2019

Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation

Jim Shallow, Director of Strategic Conservation Initiatives, The Nature Conservancy

Sen. Ruth Hardy

 

10:00 AM                   S. 209 - An act relating to the bonding requirements for milk handlers

Kiersten Bourgeois, Business Development and Communications Manager, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery

Leon Berthiaume, CEO, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery

 

11:00 AM                   S. 192 - An act relating to prohibiting the use of the herbicide glyphosate

Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont

 

11:30 AM                   S. 265 - An act relating to the use of food residuals for farming

 

11:45 AM                   S. 272 - An act relating to the use and management of pesticides

Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons, Sponsor

 

Friday, January 24, 2020

9:00 AM                   Grazing and Pasture Management

 Report

Chuck Ross, Director, University of Vermont Extension

Heather Darby, Agronomy Specialist, UVM Extension

Jenn Colby, Pasture Program Coordinator, UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Cheryl Cesario, Champlain Valley Crop, Soil and Pasture, UVM Extension

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                                   Vermont Farm Bureau

Room 10 (10:15)

Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau

Mary White, Chair, Dairy Committee, Vermont Farm Bureau

Heidi Krantz, Vermont Horse Council, Vermont Farm Bureau

Rob Carey, Vermont Farm Bureau, Rutland County

Jennifer Lambert, Dairy Farmer/operator, Lambert Farm

Justin Poulin, Poulin And Daughters Farm, Randolph

Anna Poulin, Poulin and Daughters Farm, Randolph

Arthur Whitman, Vermont Seed Dealers Association, member, Vermont Farm Bureau

Bruce Hallett, Owner, Hallett Sheep Farm

Jake Guest, former Organic Dairy Farmer

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor Convenes

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Linda Leehman at 802-828-2233 or lleehman@leg.state.vt.us

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