Agricultural Commodities Commission public meetings in 2024
4 substantive meetings from 2024, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Agricultural Commodities Commission
The Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission will meet to adopt minutes from June 2024, discuss the Grain & Cotton Indemnity Fund and Self Insurance Fund, and receive an update on the federal grain inspection fee rule. The meeting includes public comment periods and announcements.
- Adoption of minutes from June 27, 2024
- Grain & Cotton Indemnity Fund and Self Insurance Fund discussion
- Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) fee rule update
The Commission adopted the minutes from its June 27, 2024, meeting. Members discussed the 2024 harvest season and the process of increasing elevator facility fees to cover rising staff and equipment costs.
- Approved and adopted June 27, 2024 meeting minutes
Agricultural Commodities Commission
The commission will meet on June 27, 2024, at the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium in Baton Rouge. The provided agenda contains only meeting notice and location details with no specific action items listed.
The Commission approved new warehouse licenses for F.R. Rice Drier, LLC and South Louisiana Rail Facility, LLC. It also approved numerous license renewals for cotton merchants, grain dealers, and warehouses. Additionally, the board authorized the department to update hourly and overtime fee rates with the Federal Grain Inspection Service.
- Approved new warehouse license for F.R. Rice Drier, LLC
- Approved new warehouse license for South Louisiana Rail Facility, LLC
- Approved 8 Cotton Merchant license renewals
- Approved 16 Grain Dealer license renewals
- Approved 4 Warehouse license renewals
- Approved 8 Warehouse & Grain Dealer license renewals
- Approved resolution to amend rules regarding fee updates
- Adopted May 29, 2024 meeting minutes
Agricultural Commodities Commission
The Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission will consider new warehouse license applications for L. FUR. Drier, LLC and South Louisiana Rail Facility, LLC, and vote on renewals for numerous cotton merchants, grain dealers, and warehouse operators. The meeting also includes public comment periods, adoption of previous minutes, and discussion of the Self Insurance Fund and Grain & Cotton Indemnity Fund.
- New warehouse license applications: L. FUR. Drier, LLC and South Louisiana Rail Facility, LLC
- Cotton merchant renewals: Broadway Cotton Company, COFCO Americas Resources Corporation, and 6 others
- Grain dealer renewals: Bertrand Rice Marketing, Farmers Rice Milling Company, Gatlin Group, Inc., and 12 others
- Warehouse renewals: Hardy Rice Dryer, LLC, Jones Producers Gin, Inc., Mamou Rice Drier & Warehouse, Inc., Ville Platte Rice Drier, Inc.
- Combined warehouse & grain dealer renewals: Crowley Grain Drier, Inc., Fenton Rice Co-op, Kennedy Rice Dryers, LLC, and 5 others
Agricultural Commodities Commission
The commission will meet on May 29, 2024, at the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium in Baton Rouge. The provided agenda contains only meeting notice and location details.
The Commission approved a new grain dealer license for CSC Gold Inc. and renewed licenses for numerous cotton merchants, grain dealers, and warehouses. The board also passed resolutions to promulgate rules regarding open meetings, ADA accommodations, declaratory orders, and rule change requests.
- Elected Robert Hanks as Chairman and Ronald Petree as Vice Chairman
- Approved June 26, 2023 meeting minutes
- Approved new grain dealer license for CSC Gold Inc.
- Renewed Cotton Merchant and Grain Dealer licenses for Louis Dreyfus Company, Inc. and Cargill, Inc.
- Renewed Cotton Merchant licenses for Carolina Cotton Growers, Jabbour Cotton Company, LLC, and Ryan Ellington Cotton, LLC
- Renewed Grain Dealer licenses for 19 entities including The Andersons, Inc. and Bunge North America, Inc.
- Renewed Warehouse license for Crowley Rice Drier Co-op, Inc.
- Approved resolutions for rule promulgation on open meetings, ADA, declaratory orders, and rule changes