January 4, 2018
The 2018 session of the Indiana General Assembly is a short one, and budget matters won’t be in play. However, that doesn’t mean what happens in Indianapolis won’t affect you. Indiana Farm Bureau legislative specialists will watch and work with legislators on several key issues. They urge you to do the same.
Keeping a watchful eye on these issues for IFB members will be Katrina Hall, director of public policy; Justin Schneider, director of state government relations; and Shelby Swain, associate policy adviser.
“We base our legislative priorities on policies our members pass,” Hall says. “Even though the Legislature won’t be looking at budgeting, there are several key issues which could affect agriculture. Our goal is to make sure members’ voices are heard.”
TOP PRIORITIES: Indiana Farm Bureau has priorities for this legislative session based on policies set by members, Katrina Hall says.
Here is IFB’s rundown of top ag issues:
• Protect livestock farmers and their operations. A bill proposed in 2017 to tweak the statute for how the Indiana Department of Environmental Management regulates concentrated animal feeding operations resulted in unexpected controversy and turned into a summer study committee.