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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 159.25 ALLIANCE PROGRAMS.
1 2 1. As used in this section:
1 3 a. "Authority" means the agricultural development
1 4 authority established pursuant to section 175.3.
1 5 b. "Beginning farmer" means a person who qualifies for a
1 6 beginning farmer loan as provided in section 175.12.
1 7 c. "Conservation reserve program" means the federal
1 8 environmental conservation acreage reserve program established
1 9 pursuant to 16 U.S.C. ch 58, subc. IV, pt. I.
1 10 d. "Organic agricultural product" means the same as
1 11 defined in section 190C.1.
1 12 e. "Organic standards board" means the organic standards
1 13 board established pursuant to section 190C.2.
1 14 f. "Small processor" means a small business as defined in
1 15 section 15.102, which is a processor as defined in section
1 16 190C.1.
1 17 2. The department, in conjunction with the agricultural
1 18 development authority, may establish an alliance program with
1 19 beginning farmers engaged in livestock production and small
1 20 processors engaged in slaughtering livestock, processing
1 21 carcasses, and storing meat products derived from the
1 22 carcasses. The purpose of the program is to encourage the
1 23 marketing and direct sale of meat products to consumers
1 24 residing in the community where the livestock are raised and
1 25 the meat products are processed.
1 26 a. In administering the program, the department shall
1 27 facilitate arrangements or agreements between beginning farmer
1 28 livestock producers and between beginning farmer livestock
1 29 producers and a small processor, located within the same
1 30 community. The department shall educate beginning farmer
1 31 livestock producers and small processors regarding the
1 32 development of local markets and the establishment of ventures
1 33 organized on a cooperative basis in order to provide for the
1 34 sale of meat products to consumers in the community.
1 35 b. The department may administer the program in
2 1 cooperation with all of the following:
2 2 (1) The Iowa cooperative extension service in agriculture
2 3 and home economics.
2 4 (2) Iowa state university of science and technology's
2 5 administration of the livestock producers assistance program
2 6 as provided in section 266.39D.
2 7 (3) Organizations or associations of farmers or livestock
2 8 producers.
2 9 3. The department, in consultation with the organic
2 10 standards board, may establish an alliance program between
2 11 beginning farmers or between beginning farmers and small
2 12 processors for the production and marketing of organic
2 13 agricultural products originating on land that has been
2 14 previously enrolled in the conservation reserve program.
2 15 a. In administering the program, the department shall
2 16 facilitate arrangements or agreements between beginning
2 17 farmers and between beginning farmers and small processors.
2 18 The department shall educate beginning farmers and small
2 19 processors regarding the development of local markets and the
2 20 establishment of ventures organized on a cooperative basis in
2 21 order to provide for the sale of organic agricultural products
2 22 to consumers in the community.
2 23 b. The department may administer the program in
2 24 cooperation with all of the following:
2 25 (1) The Iowa cooperative extension service in agriculture
2 26 and home economics.
2 27 (2) Organizations or associations of farmers involved in
2 28 organic agricultural livestock production.
2 29 4. The department shall administer the alliance programs
2 30 provided in this section only to the extent that moneys are
2 31 available to support the administration. The department may
2 32 accept moneys from private or public sources as is necessary
2 33 to carry out the purposes of this section. The moneys shall
2 34 be used as directed by the department.
2 35 EXPLANATION
3 1 This bill provides for the establishment of alliance
3 2 programs to assist beginning farmers, including programs to
3 3 assist livestock producers and farmers enrolled in the federal
3 4 conservation reserve program.
3 5 The bill provides that the department, in conjunction with
3 6 the agricultural development authority, may establish an
3 7 alliance program with beginning farmers engaged in livestock
3 8 production and small processors engaged in slaughtering
3 9 livestock, processing carcasses, and storing meat products
3 10 derived from the carcasses. The bill also provides that the
3 11 department, in consultation with the organic standards board,
3 12 may establish an alliance program between beginning farmers or
3 13 between beginning farmers and small processors for the
3 14 production and marketing of organic agricultural products
3 15 originating on land that has been previously enrolled in the
3 16 conservation reserve program.
3 17 The purpose of these programs is to encourage farmers to
3 18 develop local markets for products. In administering the
3 19 programs, the department must facilitate arrangements or
3 20 agreements between the farmers or the farmers and small
3 21 processors, and provide education regarding the development of
3 22 local markets and the establishment of ventures organized on a
3 23 cooperative basis. The department may cooperate with
3 24 interested agencies and organizations, and may accept public
3 25 or private moneys in order to carry out the purposes of the
3 26 bill.
3 27 LSB 5157XD 78
3 28 da/as/5
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