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Mission Statement

NCSL’s Agriculture Task Force was created to examine state and federal agriculture policy issues. The task force helps develop NCSL agriculture policy, studies critical agriculture and rural development issues facing the states, explores policy options to address these concerns, and serves as a conduit for state legislative communication with Congress, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies.

NCSL Task Force On Agriculture
Co-Chair: Representative Rick Hansen, Minnesota
Co-Chair: Senator Annette Sweeney, Iowa
Vice Chair: Representative John G. Edwards IV, Rhode Island
Vice Chair: Senator Larry Luick, North Dakota

NCSL Contacts: Megan Bland (D.C.)  Tom Klein (Denver)  Benjamin Nasta (D.C.) 

Members by States

Alaska
Senator Shelley Hughes
Representative Donna Mears
Alberta
Arizona
Representative Lupe Diaz
Arkansas
Representative Cameron Cooper
Representative Roger D. Lynch
Representative DeAnn Vaught
California
Senator Melissa Hurtado
Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria
Connecticut
Representative Kevin Ryan
Delaware
Senator Russell Huxtable
Georgia
Representative Robert Dickey
Hawaii
Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz
Senator Mike Gabbard
Representative Kirstin Kahaloa
Illinois
Representative Sonya M. Harper
Iowa
Senator Annette Sweeney
Kansas
Senator Elaine Bowers
Kentucky
Senator Jason Howell
Louisiana
Senator Stewart Cathey Jr.
Maine
Representative Sharon C. Frost
Massachusetts
Representative Natalie M. Blais
Senator Dylan A. Fernandes
Michigan
Representative Reggie Miller
Minnesota
Representative Rick Hansen
Nebraska
Senator Teresa J. Ibach
Nevada
Assemblymember Natha C. Anderson
New Hampshire
Representative Judy Aron
Representative Peter Bixby
Senator Howard Pearl
New York
Senator Michelle Hinchey
North Carolina
Senator Lisa Stone Barnes
North Dakota
Senator Larry Luick
Rhode Island
Representative John G. Edwards IV
Virginia
Senator T. Travis Hackworth
Washington
Senator Liz Lovelett
Representative Kristine Reeves
Wisconsin
Senator Cory Tomczyk
Representative Travis Tranel

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Meetings
  • August 4, 2024, Louisville, KY | NCSL Task Force on Agriculture Preconference
  • June 7-8, 2024, St. Paul, MN | Spring 2024 Agriculture Task Force Meeting
  • August 13, 2023, Indianapolis, IN | NCSL Task Force on Agriculture Preconference
  • June 15-17, 2023, Chicago, IL | Spring 2023 Agriculture Task Force Meeting
  • June 1-3, 2022, Savannah, GA | NCSL Task Force on Agriculture Meeting
  • July 31, 2022, Denver, CO | NCSL Task Force on Agriculture Preconference
  • August 1-2, 2022, Denver, CO | NCSL's 2022 Legislative Summit
  • November 2, 2021, Tampa, Fla. | NCSL Task Force on Agriculture Preconference
  • August 5, 2019, Nashville, Tenn. | NCSL Task Force on Agriculture Preconference
  • June 6-8, 2019, Madison, Wis. | Spring 2019 Agriculture Task Force Meeting
  • July 29-30, 2018, Los Angeles | NCSL Task Force on Agriculture Preconference
  • May 10-12, 2018, Denver | Spring 2018 Agriculture Task Force Meeting
  • October 10-13, 2017, Sioux Falls, S.D. | Fall 2017 Agriculture Task Force Meeting
  • August 5-6, 2017, Boston, Mass. | NCSL's 2017 Legislative Summit
  • June 8-10, 2017, New Orleans | Spring 2017 Agriculture Task Force Meeting
  • December 6, 2016, Washington, D.C. | NCSL's 2016 Capitol Forum
  • August 8, 2016, Chicago | NCSL's 2016 Legislative Summit
  • May 19-21, 2016, Raleigh, N.C. | Spring 2016 Agriculture Task Force Meeting
  • Dec. 8, 2015, Washington, D.C.| NCSL's 2015 Capitol Forum
  • Aug. 3- 4, 2015, Seattle | NCSL's 2015 Legislative Summit
  • June 11-13, 2015, St. Louis | Agriculture Task Force Meeting
  • Dec. 9, 2014, Washington, D.C. | NCSL's 2014 Fall Forum
  • Aug. 19, 2014, Minneapolis | NCSL's 2014 Legislative Summit 
  • Dec. 4, 2013, Washington, D.C. | NCSL's 2013 Fall Forum
  • Aug. 14, 2013, Atlanta | NCSL's 2013 Legislative Summit
  • May 1, 2013, Denver | NCSL's 2013 Spring Forum
  • Dec. 7, 2012, Washington, D.C. | First Meeting of the Agriculture Task Force

Sponsors

Sponsor List

  • American Gas Association (AGA)
  • Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
  • Bayer
  • Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
  • Chevron
  • Corteva Agriscience
  • CropLife America
  • Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
  • Nutrien

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