STATE OF MINNESOTA FOURTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION
AGRICULTURE FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Hamilton, Chair of the Agriculture Finance Committee, called the meeting to order at 10:15 A.M. on January 22, 2015, in Room Five of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
HAMILTON, Rod, Chair
KIEL, Debra, Vice Chair
ANDERSON, Paul
APPLEBAUM, Jon
BENNETT, Peggy
BLY, David
CLARK, Karen
DANIELS, Brian
DIIL, DAVID
FABIAN, Dan
GRUENHAGEN, Glenn
HANSEN, Rick
JOHNSON, Clark
LUECK, Dale
METSA, Jason
MILLER, Tim
PIERSON, Nels
POPPE, Jeanne
SUNDIN, Mike
Members excused:
ANDERSON, Mark
Agriculture Finance Committee met jointly with the Agriculture Policy Committee.
Representative Hamilton called the meeting to order at 10:15 A.M. A quorum was not present.
At 10:19 A.M a quorum was present.
Dan Skogen, Director of Government Relations at AURI, presented an overview of the Agriculture Utilization Research Institute.
James Curren presented an overview of his business, JavaCycle, and its joint coordination with AURI to turn coffee waste into useful products.
John Polluck presented an overview of his business, Midwest Ag Enterprises.
Bill Mulso and Cam Fanfulik presented and overview of Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership (MARL), and the following students from the organization introduced themselves:
Luke Daninger
Yolanda Cotterall
Heath Radke
Barbara Liebenstein
The meeting was adjourned at 11:53 A.M.
Representative Rod Hamilton, Chair
Alex Braatz, Committee Legislative Assistant