Agricultural Commodities Commission public meetings in 2020
3 substantive meetings from 2020, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Agricultural Commodities Commission
The Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission approved license applications for Indigo Marketplace, LLC and Indigo Ag, Inc. The approval for Indigo Ag, Inc. includes a requirement to provide quarterly statements to the Commission.
- Approved Indigo Marketplace, LLC grain dealer application
- Approved Indigo Ag, Inc. cotton merchant application with quarterly statement requirement
Agricultural Commodities Commission
The Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission is holding a meeting on June 30, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. in the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium in Baton Rouge. The agenda contains only procedural boilerplate with no specific items listed.
The Agricultural Commodities Commission approved various new and renewal licenses for grain dealers, cotton merchants, and warehouses. The commission also deferred two specific grain dealer applications pending further financial documentation.
- Approved March 11, 2020 meeting minutes
- Approved Simplot Grower Solutions grain dealer and warehouse application
- Approved Cargill, Incorporated, 23 Grain Marketing Services, LLC, and Louis Dreyfus Commodities, LLC renewals
- Approved multiple cotton merchant renewals with two abstentions
- Approved 32 grain dealer renewals
- Approved 7 warehouse renewals
- Approved 14 warehouse and grain dealer renewals
- Deferred Indigo Market Place, LLC and Indigo Ag, Inc. applications pending financial statements
Agricultural Commodities Commission
The commission will meet on March 11, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. in Baton Rouge. The provided agenda contains only procedural scheduling information and lists no specific discussion items or decisions.
The Agricultural Commodities Commission approved a grain dealer license for Sunrise Foods International (USA), Inc. and a cotton merchant license for Lakeland Cotton Company, Inc. with specific financial stipulations. The commission also received an update regarding the Lakeland Receivership and discussed proposed legislative changes in HB 496.
- Approved August 30, 2019 meeting minutes
- Approved Sunrise Foods International (USA), Inc. grain dealer license
- Approved Lakeland Cotton Company, Inc. cotton merchant license subject to a $100,000 security deposit and personal guarantee
- Entered executive session to review financial information for license applicants