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: Senator Elaine Bowers, Kansas

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

Members by States

Arkansas
Representative Joe Jett
Representative DeAnn Vaught
California
Senator Melissa Hurtado
Georgia
Representative Robert Dickey
Hawaii
Senator Mike Gabbard
Representative Richard H.K. Onishi
Idaho
Representative Clark Kauffman
Senator Jim L Patrick
Iowa
Representative Charles Isenhart
Senator Annette Sweeney
Kansas
Senator Elaine Bowers
Maine
Representative William D. Pluecker
Michigan
Representative Julie Alexander
Minnesota
Representative Rick Hansen
Representative Paul Torkelson
Missouri
Representative Don Rone
New Hampshire
Representative Peter Bixby
Representative Howard Pearl
New York
Assemblymember Donna A. Lupardo
North Dakota
Senator Larry Luick
Oregon
Representative Shelly Boshart Davis
Puerto Rico
Senator Ramon Ruiz Nieves
South Dakota
Senator Herman Otten
Virginia
Delegate Gwendolyn W. Gooditis
Senator Emmett W. Hanger Jr.
Washington
Senator Liz Lovelett

Meetings

Suggested Readings

NCSL Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee Newsletter

NCSL Agriculture Info Alerts