HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
REP. JULIE ALEXANDER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Room 326, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Agriculture was called to order by the Chair.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Alexander, Meerman, LaFave, Eisen, Mueller, Wendzel, Elder, Coleman,
Garza, C Johnson, Witwer.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Eisen moved to adopt the meeting minutes from April 10, 2019. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Senior Director Shelia Burkhardt and President Ken Nobis, representing the Michigan Milk
Producers Association, joined by Regina Kopera, representing Kroger Michigan Dairy, provided
a presentation on the Michigan Milk Producers Association and Michigan’s Dairy Industry, and
reviewed the following topics: National Dairy Quality Awards; Locations; Production Portfolio;
Examples of Customers; Milk Donations; Top Ten Dairy States; Expansion Investment and
Efforts; Constantine Plant Expansion; United States and International Milk Production Trends;
Global Dairy Trade Trends; Milkfat Consumption Trends; and Current Trends Impacting Dairy
Producers. Questions and discussion followed.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Julie Alexander adjourned the
meeting at 11:10 AM.
Representative Julie Alexander, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov