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Grain grower wants state government to pay increased freight rates

KALAMAZOO – One day after state Sen. James A. Baker IV’s bill requiring grain growers in Kalamazoo to pay increased freight costs came before the House committee, the state’s top grain processor said it wants the Legislature to do the same.

Baker issued a press release on Monday saying the Legislature needs to act to address the cost increase if the bill goes into effect for the 2017 fiscal year.

“This bill would not only eliminate all excess freight charges in Michigan but would also allow growers in the area to collect from freight costs from all sources without additional government intervention,” Baker said.

The grain processor wants lawmakers to pass the bill to “stop these unfair losses for many families in our state and bring better business for the State of Michigan.”

The state Senate last week agreed to approve Baker’s grain bill after it passed the Committee on Agric007 카지노ulture and Water Resources. House Democrats in March rejected the grain bill after it failed in the Judiciary Committee.

The bill comes on top of a $25.5 million increase in the state Department of Revenue, which would give grain processors the money to upgrade their equipment. Baker is calling for that budget boost to be doubled, as well as the state’s Grain and OIL program’s allocation for grain processing.

“The cost of processing grains and products today costs more than we pay to provide those services to the citizens we serve, especially those at our farm sites,” Baker said세종안마 in a statement last week. “The money that our state is spending will help produce better quality product and better value for Michigan’트럼프 카지노s farmers and the American taxpayer. We have to do better by those farmers and taxpayers – and we must do it quickly, so we get this bill passed as soon as possible.”

Michigan’s grain industry says the $25.5 million increase has been delayed by a lack of state funding for some of its core services, like hiring full-time workers. Baker’s bill would bring funding for grain processing back online.

“There’s no excuse for the failure of the Department of Revenue to come up with an alternative funding package and we believe we can do the necessary things before we hit a wall again without a full-time employee at our farm sites,” said Chris McNeil, president of the Michigan Growers, Corn Growers, and Refiners Association. “We’ll do everything to help our members continue to keep Michigan’s food quality high.”

The Grain Inspection Department, which Baker created last year, is currentl