Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture
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Members
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Co-chairs
Jason Howell
Senator · Senate District 01
Myron Dossett
Representative · House District 009
Members
Aaron Reed
Senator · Senate District 07
Adam Moore
Representative · House District 045
Amy Neighbors
Representative · House District 021
Anne Donworth
Representative · House District 076
Candy Massaroni
Representative · House District 050
Cassie Armstrong
Senator · Senate District 19
Chad Aull
Representative · House District 079
Chris Freeland
Representative · House District 006
Craig Richardson
Senator · Senate District 03
Dan Fister
Representative · House District 056
David Givens
Senator · Senate District 09
David Hale
Representative · House District 074
Felicia Rabourn
Representative · House District 047
Gary Boswell
Senator · Senate District 08
Gary Clemons
Senator · Senate District 37
J.T. Payne
Representative · House District 011
James Tipton
Representative · House District 053
Jared Carpenter
Senator · Senate District 34
Josh Calloway
Representative · House District 010
Joshua Watkins
Representative · House District 042
Kim Holloway
Representative · House District 002
Kim King
Representative · House District 055
Mark Hart
Representative · House District 078
Matt Deneen
Senator · Senate District 10
Matt Koch
Representative · House District 072
Matt Nunn
Senator · Senate District 17
Mike Clines
Representative · House District 068
Mike Wilson
Senator · Senate District 32
Nancy Tate
Representative · House District 027
Reggie Thomas
Senator · Senate District 13
Robin Webb
Senator · Senate District 18
Ryan Bivens
Representative · House District 024
Sarah Stalker
Representative · House District 034
Sarge Pollock
Representative · House District 051
Shawn McPherson
Representative · House District 022
Shelley Frommeyer
Senator · Senate District 24
Steve West
Senator · Senate District 27
Walker Thomas
Representative · House District 008
Meetings & agendas
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Upcoming(4)
Past meetings(5)
- Approval of June 4, 2026 Minutes
- Prioritizing Kentucky Agriculture: Medical Cannabis
- Mr. Ricky Wayne Hunt, Constituent
- Cannon Armstrong, Executive Director, Office of Medical Cannabis, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- Oran McFarlan, Deputy Executive Director, Office of Medical Cannabis, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- Shelby Lewis, Executive Advisor, Office of Medical Cannabis, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- Sam Flynn, Special Advisor to the Governor and Chief Deputy General Counsel, Office of Medical Cannabis, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- Rachel Roberts, Executive Director, Kentucky Cannabis Industry Alliance
- Sam Flynn, Special Advisor to the Governor and Chief Deputy General Counsel, Office of Medical Cannabis, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- Shelby Lewis, Executive Advisor, Office of Medical Cannabis, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- Oran McFarlan, Deputy Executive Director, Office of Medical Cannabis, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- Cannon Armstrong, Executive Director, Office of Medical Cannabis, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- Mr. Ricky Wayne Hunt, Constituent
- Prioritizing Kentucky Agriculture: Bourbon
- Adam Johnson, Vice President of External Relations, Kentucky Distillers' Association
- Agricultural Economics and Lending in Kentucky
- Dr. Kenny Burdine, Department of Agricultural Economics, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky
- Jonathan Shepherd, Department of Agricultural Economics, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky
- Mark Barker, Senior Vice-President Agricultural Lending , Farm Credit Mid-America
- Jonathan Shepherd, Department of Agricultural Economics, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky
- Dr. Kenny Burdine, Department of Agricultural Economics, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky
- Approval of August 21, 2025 minutes
- Update from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's Division of Agricultural Economic Development
- Brandon Reed, Executive Director, Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy
- Discussion on Agricultural Economic Development Initiatives
- Mayor Linda Gorton, Board President, Bluegrass AgTech Development Corp
- Jacob Ball, Executive Director, Bluegrass AgTech Development Corp
- Mayor Linda Gorton, Board President, Bluegrass AgTech Development Corp
- Approval of November 7, 2024 minutes
- Report of Findings from 2024 RS SJR 170, relating to a veterinary school at a Kentucky comprehensive university
- Scott Friedman, Principal, Deloitte
- Amy Wittmayer, Specialist Leader, Deloitte
- Dr. Aaron Thompson, President, Council on Postsecondary Education
- Scott Friedman, Principal, Deloitte
- Comments from Murray State University regarding a potential veterinary school
- Bob Jackson, President
- Jordan Smith, Assistant VP of Public Affairs
- Dr. Brian Parr, Dean of the Hutson School of Agriculture
- Bob Jackson, President
Meeting materials
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