SB 619

This bill creates a “transition to grass pilot program” in the Department of

Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to provide support and grants to

farmers who are implementing livestock grass-based managed grazing systems and

farmers and agribusinesses in the grass-fed livestock business. Under the bill the

department may award up to $40,000 to each grantee, and must disperse 75 percent

of the grant in the first year following the department's decision to grant the award

and must disperse 12.5 percent of the award in each of the second and third years

following the department's decision to grant the award.