Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural Development

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Questions on the following documents should be directed to William E. Hamilton, Fiscal Analyst for the Transportation budget.

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Recent Budget Bill Summaries

Milk Safety and Quality Assurance Program [41K], December 1, 2011. Prepared by William E. Hamilton.

State Services Fee Fund [108K] Octber 11, 2011. Prepared by Ben Gielczyk. This memo provides information on the State Services Fee Fund, its sources of revenue, the annual appropriations from the fund, and issues with the divergence in revenues and appropriations.

Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund - State Support for Horse Race Programs [38K] March 2, 2011, Prepared by William E. Hamilton. This memo talks about the Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund and State Support for Horse Race Programs.

The Treatment of Game Animals as Livestock in Michigan: Fiscal and Reuglatory Issues [60K] October 5, 2010. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This memo provides detailed information on the Treatment of Game Animals as Livestock in Michigan, Fiscal and Regulatory Issues.

Agriculture Development Fund [23K]. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, March 5, 2009.

Pseudorabies Outbreak and the Fiscal Impact [20K], Prepared by William E. Hamilton, June 25, 2008. A memo on the Michigan Department of Agriculture and animal health.

Food and Dairy - Food Safety and Quality Assurance [44K], prepared by William E. Hamilton, March 14, 2006. This memo is a revised version of a memo presented to the subcommittee on February 28, 2006.

Privately Owned Cervid Licensing and Inspection Program [38K]. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, March, 2005. This memo provides an overview of PA 190 of 2000 (HB 4427), the Privately Owned Cervidae Producers Marketing Act (the Cervidae Act). This act established standards governing privately owned cervid livestock facilities.

Challenges to Michigan's Horse Racing Industry (Fiscal Focus) [134K], October 1999.