HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
REP. JULIE ALEXANDER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
10:30 AM
Room 326, House Office
Building
The House Standing Committee on Agriculture was called to order by Chair Alexander.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Alexander, Meerman, LaFave, Eisen, Mueller, Wendzel, Elder, Coleman, Garza, C. A.
Johnson, Witwer.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Wendzel moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 20, 2019. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid the presentation from the Michigan Wheat Program before the committee.
Executive Director Jody Pollock Newsom and President David Milligan, representing the Michigan
Wheat Program, joined by Art Loeffler, representing the Star of the West Milling Company, provided a
presentation regarding the Michigan Wheat Program. Questions and discussion followed.
The Chair laid the presentation from the Michigan Corn Growers before the committee.
Executive Director Jim Zook, representing the Michigan Corn Growers Association and the Corn
Marketing Program of Michigan, joined by Eric Voisinet, a Michigan corn grower and member of the
Michigan Corn Growers Association Board of Directors, provided a presentation regarding the corn
industry in the state of Michigan. Questions and discussion followed.
There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 11:33 AM.
Representative Julie Alexander, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov