Senate Committee on Agriculture

AGENDA

Room 26

February 18, 2020 - February 21, 2020

Last Updated 2/21/2020 12:16 PM

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

9:30 AM                   Senate Convenes

15 minutes after adjournment                   Committee Discussion and Review

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

Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont

Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Fairs & Field Days Association

11:00 AM                   S. 180 - An act relating to prohibiting the use and application of the pesticide chlorpyrifos

Jim Walsh, Quality Control Manager, Phoenix Feeds and Nutrition

Tom Eaton, Agricultural Consulting Services

Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

9:00 AM                   Livestock Care Standards Advisory Council

Room 10

Joint hearing with House Agriculture and Forestry Committee

Dr. Kristin Haas, Member, Livestock Care Standards Advisory Council

10:00 AM                   S. 265 - An act relating to the use of food residuals for farming

Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

John Leddy, Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District

Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont

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

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council (10:30 AM)

Kurt Ericksen, General Manager, Vermont Compost Company

Thursday, February 20, 2020

8:30 AM                   Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association

Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Fairs & Field Days Association

Robert Congdon, Vermont State Fair, Rutland

Alan Howe, Tunbridge Fair

Diane Norris, Vice President, Addison County Fair and Field Days

Dave Martin, Vermont Farm Show

Jason Sicard,  , Orleans County Fair

9:00 AM                   New Approach to Dairy Pricing and Sustainability

Room 10

Joint hearing with House Agriculture and Forestry Committee

Roger Allbee, Former Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Daniel Smith Esq.

10:30 AM                   Election of Trustees of the Vermont State Colleges

Joint Assembly

House Chamber

following                           Senate Convenes

Friday, February 21, 2020

9:00 AM                   Lake Carmi Update

Rob Evans, President, Franklin Watershed Committee

John Tucci, CEO, Everblue Lake Solutions - Phone

Oliver Pierson, Lakes and Ponds Program Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation

9:50 AM                   Dairy Proposal

Committee discussion on Thursday presentation on Dairy Pricing and Sustainability

E.B. Flory, Dairy Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

10:00 AM                   S. 336 - An act relating to establishing standards for the sale of hemp seed

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

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

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, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers

Nat Shambaugh , Retired Chemist

Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee

11:30 AM                   Senate Convenes

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

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

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 5 hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.

12:00 PM                   Letter to Appropriations Committee on FY2020 Budget

Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee

Phil Huffman, Co-Chair, Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition