TASK FORCE ON AGRICULTURE

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Mission

NCSL’s Agriculture Task Force was created to examine state and federal agriculture policy issues. The task force will help develop NCSL agriculture policy, study critical agriculture and rural development issues facing the states, explore policy options to address these concerns, as well as serve 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 Jeni James Arndt, Colorado
Co-Chair: Senator Elaine Bowers, Kansas

NCSL Contacts: Mindy Bridges (Denver)  Ben Husch (D.C.) 

Members by States

Colorado
Representative Jeni James Arndt
Connecticut
Representative Kevin Ryan
Georgia
Representative Robert Dickey
Senator John Wilkinson
Hawaii
Senator Clarence K. Nishihara
Representative Richard H.K. Onishi
Representative Cynthia Thielen
Idaho
Representative Clark Kauffman
Senator Jim L Patrick
Iowa
Representative Charles Isenhart
Senator Annette Sweeney
Kansas
Senator Elaine Bowers
Michigan
Representative Julie Alexander
Minnesota
Representative Rick Hansen
Representative Paul Torkelson
New Hampshire
Representative Wayne Moynihan
Representative John O'Connor
New York
Assemblymember Donna A. Lupardo
North Dakota
Senator Larry Luick
Ohio
Representative John Patterson
South Dakota
Senator Herman Otten
Virginia
Senator Emmett W. Hanger Jr.

Meetings

Suggested Readings

NCSL Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee Newsletter

NCSL Agriculture Info Alerts