Bill > S1372

This bill appropriates a total of $16,800,900 to the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2025, with an additional $627,900 for fiscal year 2024, and authorizes six new full-time equivalent positions. * **Department of Agriculture Administration:** $103,200 from the General Fund and other specified funds for administrative and accounting services. * **Animal Industries:** $786,900 from the General Fund and various agricultural fee funds for programs like livestock disease control and dairy inspection. * **Agricultural Resources:** $165,700 from the General Fund and other funds for programs related to pesticides and agricultural resources. * **Plant Industries:** $8,795,500 from the General Fund, the Invasive Species Fund, and other agricultural fee and federal grant funds for plant health and pest management. * **Agricultural Inspections:** $617,600 from the General Fund and other agricultural fee funds for various inspection programs, including weights and measures and fresh fruit and vegetable inspections. * **Market Development:** $6,330,600, primarily from a Federal Grant Fund, for market development initiatives. * **Sheep and Goat Health Board:** $1,400 from the General Fund. * **Pest Control Deficiency Fund:** $627,900 transferred from the General Fund for fiscal year 2024 to reimburse costs incurred by the Plant Industries Program. * **Invasive Species Fund:** $5,000,000 transferred from the General Fund for fiscal year 2025 to respond to and detect quagga mussels.