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From YouTube: House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee - February 9, 2022 - House Hearing Room 3
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House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee - February 9, 2022 - House Hearing Room 3
A
B
A
Thank
you
clerk,
any
any
personal
orders.
Anybody
with
a
personal
order
this
this
afternoon,
seeing
none.
We
will
go
strictly
straight
into
our
business.
We
don't
have
any
bills
on
notice
today,
but
we
do
have
some
presentations
that
I
think
will
be
very
interesting
to
everybody.
They've
these
people
have
have
testified
before
us
on
different
occasions.
It's
always
been
an
enjoyable
thing,
so
we
will
go
ahead
and
start
that
right
now
we
will
go
out
of
session
and
first
on
our
list
is
commissioner
hatcher,
mr
commissioner
hasher
join
us.
Please.
C
Well
it
it
seems,
like
I've
been
here
all
day,
because
I
have
do
you
guys,
eat
lunch.
C
I'm
about
to
starve
to
death
yeah,
so
so
I
appreciate
this
opportunity.
It's
it's!
It's
always
nice
to
come
before
you
guys
and
especially
to
talk
about
the
department
and
agriculture
which
I
love
so
much
the
you
know.
I
don't
have
to
remind
you
guys,
but
agriculture,
including
forestry,
is
the
largest
industry
in
the
state.
C
By
far
it's,
it
really
got
way
above
hospitality
industry
because
of
the
pandemic,
and
it
provides
the
food
and
fiber,
in
some
cases,
fuel
to
tennesseans
every
day,
and
so
we
want
it
to
continue
to
be
the
most
important
than
the
number
one
industry
in
in
the
state
and
we
hope
it'll
stay
that
way.
C
The
department
really
and
there's
other
members
of
my
team
here
that
can
jump
in
here
as
I've
just
got
a
few
minutes
to
go
through
just
kind
of
a
broad
overview,
but
the
department
reaches
every
tennessee
and
every
day,
but
all
the
different
divisions
we
have
as
you'll,
see
here
in
a
minute.
C
But
we've
got
look
at
all
the
thousands
of
farms
that
we
have
in
the
state.
Almost
70
000
half
the
state
is
forested.
C
I
think
this
economic
impact
figure
may
be
a
little
bit
low,
I've
I've
heard
as
high
as
85
billion,
and
you
can
see
the
number
of
jobs.
So
it's
it's
tremendously
important.
Agriculture
and
forestry
are
diversified
with
all
kinds
of
operation.
You
can
see
the
top
commodities
listed
here
at
the
bottom.
We've
got.
You
know
a
lot
of
row
crop
farming
going
on
in
west
tennessee.
C
We've
got
a
lot
of
forestry
all
across
the
state,
but
especially
in
middle
and
east
tennessee,
but
our
our
job
is
really
kind
of
safeguard
the
food
and
fiber
and
ensure
equity
in
the
marketplace
and
that's
with
ag
and
forestry
resources
and
that's
what
we
aim
to
do.
We
we
have
five
major
divisions
and
and
they're
listed
here,
administration
and
grants,
forestry,
consumer
and
industry
services,
animal
health
and
business
development.
C
I
will
say
that
the
forestry
division
is
is
the
largest
division.
Is
it?
Is
it
david
almost
400
employees
within
forestry
alone?
So
that's
that's
a
big
part
of
it.
It
was
kind
of
an
education
to
me
when
I
first
became
commissioner
to
talk.
C
I
try
to
talk
about
forestry
every
time
I
talk
about
agriculture
because
they're
intertwined
and
then
you
look
at
rural
communities.
You've
got
two
real
main
opportunities:
agriculture
you've
got
a
lot
of
farmland,
you've
got
a
lot
of
trees
and
that's
what
we
have
to
work
with
and
we're
proud
of
that
administration
and
grants
it's
further
broken
down
into
these.
C
We
are
so
fortunate
to
have
legislative
support,
governor's
office,
support
and
governor
support
for
federal
funding.
For
this.
For
the
for
the
first
wave
of
cares
money,
we
got.
We
allocated
43
million
dollars
to
to
1100
businesses,
and
that
was
huge.
I
think
it
was
one
of
the
best
ag
and
forestry
business
assistant
cost
share
programs,
if
you
will
in
the
united
states,
because
it
it
helped
forestry
as
well
as
had
a
big
impact
on
on
meat
processing
capacity.
C
C
You
know
the
pro
most
of
the
trees
in
the
in
the
state
are
owned
by
private
landowners
and
they
work
with
those
they're
they're,
all
the
time
preparing
and
getting
ready
for
forest
fires.
C
It's
a
it's
one
of
the
most
difficult
things
to
do
is
prepare
for
war
and
a
peace
time,
and
they
do
a
really
good
job
of
it.
We've
sent
a
lot
of
firefighters
out
of
state
in
the
past
to
helping
our
readiness
train
our
people
up,
and
we
also
get
it's
a
revenue
generator
because
we
get
money
from
those
states
that
we
assist.
C
So
we
think
that's
a
really
cool
thing,
but
it's
it's
a
real
education
to
understand
the
importance
of
forestry
and
the
impor
importance
of
best
forestry
management
practices
for
healthy
and
sustainable
forests.
Clear
cutting
is
a
part
of
that.
C
C
Lots
of
burn
permits
issued
that's
that's
kind
of
we've.
We've
added
an
online
system
to
help
in
that,
and
that's
that's
really
been
an
efficiency
thing
and
you
can
see
the
number
of
forestry
prescription
plans
for
a
lot
of
acreage
there.
C
Consumer
industry
excuse
me,
services
is
kind
of
our
regulatory
division
and
that's
a
that's,
a
a
tough
challenge
to
have
the
right
balance
of
regulatory
oversight
and
also
be.
C
Friendly
and
compatible
with
industry
inc
in
at
speed
at
the
speed
of
commerce-
and
I
think
we
do
a
pretty
good
job
of
that
kind
of
our
motto-
is
we
we
like
to
think
that
we
educate
before
we
regulate?
C
We
do
intervene
if
it's
a
food
safety
issue
or
or
or
a
major
violation
very
quickly,
but
we
do
try
to
educate
before
we
regulate
and
with
a
heavy
hand,
and
you
can
see
the
different
from
the
fuel
pump
to
weights
and
measures
to
feed
seed
and
fertilizer.
We
impact
a
lot
of
tennesseans
every
single
day,
the
animal
health.
C
My
previous
experience
as
a
decade
is
state
veterinary,
and
I
know
this
part
pretty
well.
Tennessee
is,
is
a
big
beef
state?
A
lot
of
livestock
production
goes
on
in
the
state.
There's.
We
also
have
we're
a
big
poultry
state.
Most
of
the
poultry
meat
genetics
of
the
world
comes
from
tennessee.
C
I
don't
know
if
you
knew
that
or
not,
but
it's
it's
our
it's
our
goal
to
support
those
livestock
industries
and
try
to
protect
them,
and
we
do
a
lot
of
surveillance
testing
for
livestock
diseases
of
consequence,
zoonotic
diseases
of
consequence
and
emerging
diseases,
because
there's
a
pretty
good
chance.
The
next
pandemic
will
come
from
animals.
C
C
You
can
see
the
total
number
of
there's
only
one
state
animal
diagnostic
lab
in
the
past,
we've
been
had
back
to
back
back-to-back
budget
cuts
and
been
a
constant
target
of
that.
But
it's
it's
our
goal
to
bolster
the
the
animal
health
lab
as
much
as
we
can
to
get
it
up
to
what
where
we
need
to
be
as
far
as
surveillance
and
service
for
necropsy
exams
across
the
state
business
development.
C
We've
had
opportunities
in
in
economically
distressed
counties,
as
you
know,
in
at-risk
counties
and
in
tennessee
in
general,
through
this
pandemic
opportunities
for
ag
and
forestry
businesses,
and
so
this
this
team
has
been
super
busy
and
been
able
to
accomplish
a
whole
lot
through
their
allocation
of
record
levels
of
federal
and
state
money
for
certain
cost
share
programs.
C
We
had
a
record
level
of
funding
for
that
this
past
year,
a
record
number
of
of
applicants
for
that
for
that
opportunity
and
that's
reaches
all
95
counties
and
does
a
great
job
putting
some
of
those
monies
on
the
ground.
C
The
this
is
something
we've
developed
that
could
really
help
y'all
with
your
constituents.
C
If
you
go
to
our
website,
you
we've
got
what
I
like
to
call
it's
a
dashboard
which
gives
all
the
data
number
of
licenses
and
permits
inspections
lab
tests
by
each
division,
what
we
do
by
county
and
you
can
sort
it
by
county
by
region
and
for
the
entire
state.
C
So
we
we've
been
hard
at
it.
I
really
don't.
I
don't
know
what
it's
like.
Well,
I
do.
There
was
a
short
time
when
I
was
commissioner,
where
we
didn't
have
pandemic,
but
for
the
most
part
I
don't
know
what
it's
like
to
be
without
a
pen,
then,
because
we
enter
this
third
year,
the
priorities
for
2022.
C
The
in
my
opinion,
the
the
the
county,
regional
and
state
fair
state
fairs
are
extremely
important
to
tennessee.
It
may
be
the
only
opportunity
that
that
many
tennesseans
have
exposure
to
agriculture
and
forestry.
I
think
that's
important.
It
celebrates
our
heritage,
it.
It
celebrates
the
importance
of
agriculture
and
forestry,
and
we
we're
going
to
do
our
level
best
to
support
that
and
it
shows
in
the
proposed
budget.
C
C
That
way
as
well
ag
education,
we've
recommended
a
cost
increase
for
six
positions
in
ffa,
within
the
department
of
agriculture
to
support
not
to
transfer
but
to
support
what
department
of
education
is
doing
with
their
curriculum-based
approach,
and
so
we
will
help
with
activities
and
events
and
training
for
ffa
outside
of
the
classroom,
animal
disease
testing.
C
Since
it's
the
only
lab
that
we
have
in
the
state
for
animal
disease
livestock
grading
over
the
years
through
budget
cuts,
we
lost
several
livestock
specialists
and
reporters
that
do
reporting
for
livestock
market
sales,
and
so
we
we
met
with
the
industry
and
talked
with
the
industry
and
we're
we're
hoping
to
add
two
two
of
those
positions
back
into
the
business
development
group.
C
Emergency
preparedness
is
super
important
for
the
forestry
division.
Our
state
forester,
david,
arnold,
is,
is
doubled
down
it's
one
of
his
priorities
to
to
bolster
that
and
be
prepared.
It's
also
dr
beatty's
priority
who's
the
state
veterinarian
for
the
same
thing.
On
the
animal
side.
C
Just
today
there
was
a
high
path,
ai
disease
outbreak,
confirmed
or
announced
in
indiana
in
in
turkeys.
I
don't
know
if
you
saw
that,
but
that
was
announced
at
10,
30
eastern
time
or
central
time
today.
So
we
know
that
the
migratory
waterfowl
that
in
the
mississippi
flyway
and
the
atlantic
flyway
this
year
have
a
certain
level
of
high
path
ai
in
those
in
some
of
those
migratory
birds.
C
So
we're
upping
our
biosecurity
level
with
the
poultry
industry
in
general,
and
then
we
do
know
that
and
you'll
probably
see
this
more
in
the
next
year's
budget
cycle.
But
you
know
tennessee
is
very
attractive
for
people
and
businesses
to
move
here,
and
so
we've
got
a
huge
incremental
exponential
increase
in
a
number
of
our
services
for
inspections
for
licenses
for
permits
across
the
state
and
the
the
events.
Developments
just
gonna
accelerate
that.
C
Let's
see
expanded
programs,
we've
got
a
beginning
farmers
program
within
our
ag
enhancement,
we're
looking
into
we'll
have
a
urban
agriculture
and
forestry
program
within
ag
enhancement
as
well.
We
were
notified.
We
got
a
second
round
of
federal
funding
of
50
million
dollars
to
also
support
the
supply
chain
and
ag
enforcer.
Businesses
like
the
first
wave
did
we're
excited
about
that.
We
we
managed
the
first
one
and
we
think
we
can
make
improvements
on
managing
the
second.
C
You
know.
The
average
age
of
a
farmer
is
what
60
about
my
age
and
getting
older.
So
we
need
to
do
all
we
can
to
mentor
anybody,
that's
interested
in
farming
and
forestry,
regardless
of
their
background
or
where
they
come
from,
because
we're
going
to
need
it
I
mean
you,
don't
have
to
grow
up
on
a
farm
to
be
a
farmer.
C
C
There
we're
continuing
our
good
relationship
with
ut
and
tsu
tsu
has
a
lot
of
good
they've
got
probably
one
of
the
best
beginning
farmers
programs
in
in
the
country
and
we're
working
with
them
to
to
bolster
that,
and
then
the
farm
and
forest
conservation
thing
is
in
the
next
decade
is
going
to
be
our
biggest
challenge
that
we've
faced
in
my
opinion,
with
this
rapid
development.
How
do
we
maintain
that
right,
balance
of
loss
of
high
value
ag
ag
and
forestry
land
due
to
the
due
to
the?
C
C
You
know
we've
we
really
enjoy
the
support
of
of
you
guys
and
the
governor
and
the
governor's
office,
but
we've
got
some
real
challenges:
coming
up
supply
chain,
high
input
costs
for
farmers,
fertilizer
prices-
I
mean
it's
not
going
to
be
a
bit
of
roses
coming
up,
but
we,
I
think,
we're
up
for
it.
The
the
farmers
and
foresters
are
resilient
and
and
we're
going
to
be
okay
right,
rusty.
A
Thank
you,
dr
hatcher.
We
we
appreciate
you
being
here
remember
if
we
are
on
a
little
bit
of
a
tight
schedule.
We
have
time
for
a
couple
of
questions
for
dr
hatcher
and
I
have
on
my
list
representative
grills.
You
are
recognized
thank.
D
D
C
Absolutely
we've
been
working
with
with
ecd
on
a
number
of
opportunities.
We
had
leads
on
soybean
processors
that
didn't
materialize
in
places
and
we're
we're
acutely
aware
of
it.
We
need
more
processing
facilities
of
all
commodities
in
tennessee,
so
I
I
I
guess,
and
through
our
cost
share
program
through
ag
enhancement,
we've
we've
doubled
down
and
have
row
crop
solutions,
which
was
the
first
time
that
was
to
that
level
of
money.
C
So
we're
aware
of
the
issues
and
and
it's
trying
to
improve
that
relationship
with
ecd,
because
their
emphasis
sometimes
is
on
businesses
that
have
large
numbers
of
jobs,
and
so
we
we're
trying
to
fill
that
void
for
for
smaller
businesses
that
are
ag
and
forestry
that
have
smaller
numbers
of
jobs
and
we're
bridging
that
gap
and
working
with
ecd
every
day
to
try
to
get
more
resources
put
in
that
direction,
because
it
makes
all
the
difference.
C
But
we've
we've
dealt
with
some
of
the
barge
loading
grain
facilities,
we've
just
improving
grain
loading
capacity
on
on
a
barge,
for
instance,
if
you
speed
that
up
it
has
a
big
impact
on
barge
traffic.
You
have
less
barges
that
are
that
are
going
back
empty
and
lots
of
opportunities
to
improve
on
transportation
and
processing,
but
it's
it's
tough,
but
we're
we're
working
on
it
every
day.
A
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you,
commissioner.
For
being
here,
I
represent
district
31,
which
is
bledsoe
county
sequoyah,
county
ray
county,
and
now
the
van
buren
county
and
most
of
your
department
knows
me
as
laura's
husband,
that's
where
it
all
comes
out,
but
can
I
was
impressed
when
they
hired
you
as
commissioner,
because
of
your
resume?
Could
you
give
us
just
a
little
bit
of
your
resume
and
what
you've
done
over
the
last
20
years?
I
mean
what
your
profession
is,
because
it's
pretty
impressive.
C
Well,
just
briefly,
I
was
the
the
governor's
farm
veterinarian
for
a
long
time
and
knew
his
father
well
and
then
so
I
was
in
private
practice,
predominantly
dairy
practice,
the
families
in
the
in
the
dairy
business
we,
the
family
bottles,
its
own
milk,
my
son's
running
that
operation.
Now
I
was
state
veterinarian
for
10
years.
C
C
She
took
she
took
over
the
veneer
practice,
and
that
freed
me
up
to
do
this,
but
I'm
an
old
broke
down
cow
veterinarian.
Basically,.
A
Commissioner,
we
appreciate
you
being
here
we'll
thanks
for
coming.
Why
don't
you
go?
Go,
get
you
something
to
eat
now,
if
you
haven't
had
anything
yeah.
A
E
Maybe
it's
all
we
figure
that
out
we'll
do
pretty
good.
Well,
chairman
hobford
and
members
of
the
committee.
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
present
the
forestry
commission
annual
report.
The
commission
is
made
up
of
seven
appointed
voting
members,
three
ex-officio
members,
and
this
year
we've
had
bob
qualman
rotate
off
the
commission.
E
The
commission
is
appointed
residents,
industry
leaders
and
conservation
representatives
who
oversee,
approve
and
recommend
planning
and
policies
that
protect,
protect,
conserve
and
enhance
tennessee
forest
resources
and
y'all
to
get
a
copy
of
our
report
looks
like
it's
been
handed
out.
Some
of
our
com,
duties
and
functions
are
nominate
candidates
for
state
forester.
We
provide
three
to
the
governor
review,
approve
and
submit
the
annual
budget
for
the
foster
division
to
the
commissioner
of
agriculture.
E
Make
an
annual
report
to
the
governor
department
of
agriculture,
commissioner,
the
tennessee
senate
energy,
agriculture
and
natural
resources
committee
and
the
house
ag
and
natural
resources
committee.
We
also
recommend
to
the
general
assembly
legislation
to
protect,
conserve
and
develop
forest
resources
of
the
state
and
approve
the
division's
comprehensive
long-range
plan
for
state
forest
resources
also
establish
the
state
forest
policies
that
will
enable
the
division
to
manage
its
programs
and
include
in
budget
recommendations
those
goals
and
objectives
necessary
to
implement
state
forest
policies.
E
E
It's
a
geographically
advanced
software,
allowing
dispatchers
and
public
information
officers
in
the
office
as
well
as
incident
commanders
and
emergency
responders
in
the
field
to
see
where
all
incidents
and
resources
are
located
on
a
map
in
real
time.
What
that
amounts
to
every
firefighting
dozer
we
have,
and
every
firefighter
has
some
type
of
gps
unit
on
them
and
we're
able
to
monitor
where
they
are,
the
division
suppressed,
709
wildfires
for
6,
900,
acres
and
safely
implemented,
232
beneficial
prescribed
fires
across
12,
000
acres.
E
E
We
also
provided
assistance
to
2899
forest
land
owners
who
own
115,
000
acres
of
forest
land
received
the
2020
governor's
environmental
stewardship
award
in
ag
forestry
for
the
efforts
made
in
managing
the
hemlock
woolly
adelgid
in
tennessee,
and
we
launched
a
new
duck
and
elk
river
watershed.
Forest
and
buffer
cost
share
initiative
for
family
forest
owners
and
those
watersheds.
E
E
E
In
reforestation,
we
partnered
with
the
white
oak
initiative
to
encourage
the
public
to
collect
white
oak
acorns
for
conservation
needs,
and
this
came
about
because
the
vendors
that
we
buy
acrons
from
were
not
providing
enough.
So
we
went
to
the
public
and
that
was
a
success
doing
that
we
developed
a
partnership
with
growing
bridges,
llc
for
half
a
million
pine
loblolly
pine
seedlings
and
250
000
tulip
poplar
seedlings
used
for
certified
carbon
offsets
for
all
gas
pipelines
in
oklahoma.
E
E
And
since
this
is
our
physical
year,
20
20
to
20
21,
we
have
some
updates
for
physical
year
2022.
E
As
you
all
know,
workforce
development's
been
talked
about
and
it's
getting
workers
that
we
needs
a
problem.
So
the
tennessee
forest
industry
is
in
critical
need
of
workers
to
fill
jobs
in
the
mills
and
in
the
woods,
the
vision
partnered
with
the
tennessee
forestry
association
to
initiate
programs
in
primary
and
secondary
schools,
as
well
as
vocational
schools,
to
encourage
young
tennesseans
to
look
towards
a
career
in
our
industry.
E
The
pay
is
good,
work
is
dependable,
and
training
is
provided
on
site.
The
division
should
continue
to
play
a
vital
role
in
providing
technical
and
financial
assistance
to
support
these
efforts
and
carbon
markets.
This
is
a
rapidly
emerging
market
with
potential
to
provide
family
forest
owners
with
passive
income
simply
by
keeping
their
woods
growing.
It
is
important
that
the
division
continue
to
monitor
this
market
and
develop
technical
assistance
for
landowners
to
participate
and
partnering
with
federal
and
state
agencies.
E
There
are
numerous
conservation
programs
and
services
provided
by
several
federal
and
state
agencies,
with
an
injection
of
federal
dollars
expected
to
flow
into
these
programs.
We
encourage
the
division
to
leverage
their
resources
to
capitalize
on
those
investments,
to
enhance
its
public
safety
conservation
and
landowner
outreach
responsibilities.
F
E
B
B
F
Okay,
my
my
people
can't
eat
shade,
but
I'd
love
to
work
with
you
on
getting
some
program
in
place
for
fruit
orchards
and
mr
chairman,
I'd
I'd.
Love
to
have
the
committee
support
such
an
effort.
We've
got
problems
with
blight
problems
with
overgrown
lots,
trying
to
find
the
owners
and
the
maintenance
is
of
high
costs
or
tax
rolls
or
are
being
impacted,
and
my
thought
is
that
we
can
turn
some
of
them
into
orchards,
fruit,
bearing
or
nut
bearing
and
kill
two
birds
with
one
stone.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
I
appreciate
what
you
do.
I
had
two
questions:
how
long
does
it
take
for
the
average
hardwood
to
grow
two
foot,
diameter
and-
and
the
second
question
is
when
we
harvest
hardwood,
even
private
or
comes
off
forest
land,
what
what
who's,
the
biggest
purchaser
or
buyer
of
hardwoods
out
of
tennessee.
E
I
will
I'm
going
to
answer
a
little
bit
of
the
first
question
and
I'll.
Let
dave
answer
some,
but
when
you
talk
about
how
long
it
takes
a
tree
to
obtain
certain
diameters
when
you're
in
really
good
soils
like
in
west
tennessee,
we
can
grow
a
tree,
16
18
inches
in
what
60
years,
but
where
I
live
in
wayne
county
and
I've
done
some
of
these
continuous
forest
plots
where
you
go
out
and
you
board
the
trees
and
we've
got
12
inch
chestnut
oak,
that
are
115
years
old.
B
And
you're
asking
about
who
buys
tennessee's
hardwoods
and
like
many
markets,
it's
a
global
market.
I
mean
we
have
a
the
industry
in
tennessee
is
a
24
billion
dollar
industry
employs
98
000
people
and,
of
course,
that
in-state
industry
uses
the
raw
materials,
but
then
surrounding
mills
get
some
of
our
hardwoods
as
well,
but
the
export
market
is
also
very
critical,
especially
to
our
hardwood
sawmills
and
they
participate.
A
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
we
we
appreciate
you
being
here
not,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
but
genuine.
We
appreciate
you
being
here
and
giving
us
the
knowledge
that
you
have
gained,
and
we
appreciate
that
very
much.
So
we
look
forward
to
seeing
you
again
next
time.
Thank.
A
G
Mr
chairman,
I'm
parks
wells,
I'm
the
ceo
for
the
soybean
producers
in
the
state,
and
that
includes
the
soybean
promotion
council.
The
association
and
the
soybean
promotion
board,
which
is
part
of,
is
an
entity
of
the
state
government,
and
I've
been
doing
this
for
30
over
30
years
as
a
ceo
for
the
soybeans.
But
I've
been
around
soybeans
for
over
50
years
and
in
fact
I
want
to
point
out
to
representative
hurt
that
I
traded
futures
for
your
grandfather
back
in
1972
and
made
and
accepted
delivery
at
the
chicago
board
of
trade.
G
I
want
to
give
you
an
overall
view
of
soybeans
and
part
of
the
economics
of
it
and
then
also
to
see
where
it's
used
and
the
value
to
the
state-
and
I
can
start
by
saying
the
in
the
value
to
the
state
that
everyone
in
this
room
has
consumed
soybeans
today
and
it's
either
going
to
be
from
chickens,
and
I
mean
eggs
this
morning,
bacon.
Everyone
has
makeup
on,
there's
gonna,
be
some
soil
and
that
makeup
partially
and
even
the
shoes
you
wear
clothes
on
your
back.
Soybeans
are
everywhere.
G
Publication
that
they
have
and
on
the
top
there
where
it
says,
soybeans
the
soybean
acreage
this
last
year
was
1.55
million
acres
and
we
planted.
This
is
in
the
red
we
planted
or
harvested
1.52
million
acres.
Now,
first
of
all,
if
you,
if
you're,
not
familiar
with
an
acre,
an
acre
is
about
91
yards
on
a
football
field.
G
So
it's
a
lot
of
football
fields.
The
yield
was
50
bushels
to
the
acre,
and
this
is
kind
of
a
normal
yield
for
the
national
side,
and
our
production
for
this
last
year
is
76
million
bushels.
The
previous
year
was
81
million
and
that's
a
lot
of
soybeans
the
price.
The
previous
year
was
1080
a
bushel,
and
this
year
we
can
say
an
average
price
about
12.50.
G
So
this
year
we're
going
to
push
toward
a
billion
dollars
in
production
value,
and
I
don't
know
what
the
full
amount
of
that
would
be
on
the
economic
development
side,
but
most
time
we're
looking
at
seven
or
eight
times
the
turnover
in
that
below
that
is
corn,
and
so
the
corn
acreage
this
last
year.
It's
about
a
million
twenty
thousand
acres,
it's
gone
up
and
the
production
is
170
bushels
to
the
acres,
so
they're.
G
Clearly
the
biggest
producer
of
kernels
and
the
price
is
about
530
this
average
last
year,
and
I
want
you
to
turn
over
to
the
second
sheet
and
look
at
look
at
the
market
structure
that
we
have.
These
are
the
futures
that
have
been
traded
the
nearby
month
and
if
you
go
all
the
way
over
to
the
right
hand,
side
you'll
see
where
the
the
last
bar
goes
up.
This
was
yesterday's
close
in
the
markets,
and
so
beans
have
traded
in
this
from
76.
G
They
were
below
five
dollars,
a
bushel
they've
gone
up
to
over
17
and
right
now
they're
around
1550,
and
so
that's
that's
a
higher
price.
For
us.
The
main
thing
is
to
see
the
bearability.
In
this
I
mean
they're,
going
up
and
down
every
day
all
day
long
and
that's
not
only
just
the
price,
but
then
the
production
is
the
same.
Now
when
you
produce
soybeans,
there's
not
a
value
to
them.
It's
only
in
the
oil
and
the
meal
where
they're
crushed
and
the
pda
is
also
helping
us
work
with
getting
another
crush.
G
Getting
a
crusher
in
the
state
back
in
the
early
70s
tennessee
was
the
number
two
state
in
crushing
soybeans
and
now
we're
last,
because
we
don't
have
any
crushers
left
because
of
the
economics
and
the
old
equipment
that
we
used
to
have
so
the
next
chart
on.
There
is
soybean
oil,
and
I
want
to
tell
you
about
oil
because
it
has
risen
significantly
to
get
the
higher
price
of
soybeans.
G
It's
basically
because
of
biodiesel,
and
the
biodiesel
is,
is
the
national
organization
was
the
national
biodiesel
until
last
month
and
they
changed
it
to
clean
fuels,
alliance,
america
and
the
reason
they
did,
that
is
their
they're
increasing
or
in
bringing
in
renewable
diesel
and
sustainable
aviation
fuel,
and
so
we're
working
in
all
that
area
and
toward
the
back
there's
this
sheet,
the
second
from
last
page-
and
it
tells
you
about
biodiesel
and
renewable
diesel.
G
Now,
let
me,
let
me
just
say:
biodiesel
made
from
soybeans
it's
kind
of
the
same
as
petroleum
down
in
the
ground,
because
they're
both
made
from
plants
and
animals,
the
petroleum
in
the
ground,
has
been
under
tremendous
pressure.
It's
it's
dead
leaves
and
animals,
it's
been
compressed,
heated
boiled
and
then
we
pull
the
oil
out
of
the
ground,
but
it
takes
millions
and
millions
of
years
to
to
make
that
soybean.
G
Biodiesel
takes
one
year,
we
get
a
crop,
we
crush
the
beans,
we
get
the
oil,
we
go
through
a
process
and
then
we
get
bio-diesel
renewable
diesel.
If
you're
looking
on
this
sheet
is
made
in
hydro
heating,
we're
made
from
transesterification,
which
means
we
add
an
alcohol
to
it,
and
we
separate
separate
that
part
of
the
oil
out
and
then
we
have
another
by-product
called
glycerin.
G
So
this
is
a
big
deal
this
right
in
here
and
we
were.
We
started
bio
diesel
because
we
wanted
to
get
away
from
the
dirty
air
and
diesel
and
we
wanted
to
get
a
cleaner.
What's
not
just
a
cleaner
fuel,
it
reduces
a
lot
of
different
carbons
that
go
out,
but
it
was.
It
helps
in
to
run
this
in
areas
that
have
asthma
such
as
knoxville
knoxville's,
one
of
the
points
in
the
united
states.
G
This
is
going
to
replace
a
lot
of
diesel.
That's
that's
burns
dirtier!
It's
going
to
take
away
some
of
that
carbon
and
it's
going
to
be
really
good
for
the
country
to
go
this
way
now.
The
petroleum
industry
has
fought
against
biodiesel
for
a
long
time
and
now
they're
coming
to
us,
and
we've
worked
with
the
marine
industry
and
the
railroad
industry
trying
to
get
them
to
use
biodiesel
because
it's
cleaner
and
they
push
us
out
the
door
numerous
times.
G
Well
now
they're
coming
to
us,
they
want
to
use
this
and
when
you
have
the
situation
on
the
ocean,
there's
a
lot
of
pollution
there
and
then
that
leads
us
over
into
sustainable
aviation.
Fuel
saf
will
not
use
a
lot
of
soybean
oil.
You
use
sugars
and
other
things.
G
G
If
you'll
turn
to
this
page,
when
it
has
amazing
soybeans
in
it,
let's
talk
about
everyone's
consumed
soybeans
this
year
or
today,
and
you
look
through
the
animal
feeds
the
food
for
humans,
miso
tofu,
those
kind
of
things
we
like.
We
have
soy
milk,
we
don't
in
soybean
business,
we
don't
say
soy,
milk,
it's
a
soy
beverage,
it's
not
a
it's,
not
a
milk
product,
it's
you
know,
and
that's
that's
the
thing
that
we
want
to
recognize.
G
You
know
we're
not
going
in
that
direction.
The
chicken
down
here,
that's
our
largest
consumer.
They
consume
50
of
our
soybean
meal
and
we're
a
big
chicken
state
and
we're
growing
all
the
time.
So
there's
a
demand
for
the
protein
that
goes
into
the
chicken
and
then
it
comes
out
in
the
eggs
and
meat.
G
Soy
cleaners
is
just
a
soy
methyl
ester
to
the
right
motor
oil.
You
may
be
running
a
car
that
has
a
synthetic
oil
that
has
some
soil
in
it
building
materials.
I've
got
a
house
we
built
and
has
that
same
foam
right
there
and
it's
got
soy
in
it.
It's
cleaner
than
formaldehyde
in
some
of
the
insulation,
the
fuel
dust
suppressants,
the
midwest
has
a
lot
of
gravel
roads,
and
this
keeps
that
dust
down
and
then
plastics
a
lot
of
plastics
going
on.
G
Whenever
you
eat
a
salad
dressing,
it's
probably
going
to
be
from
from
soy
in
it
and
let's
take
from
mayonnaise
mayonnaise
is
eggs,
soybean
oil
and
a
little
vinegar
and
some
other
ingredients.
That's
basically
what
it
is.
You
can
make
it
a
home
on
your
own,
concrete,
enhancer,
the
paints,
the
asphalt
the
tires,
we're
putting
soy
in
into
high-speed
goodyear
tires
that
will
be
used
on
law
enforcement
and
in
other
cars.
G
G
So
we
have
that
full
specter
on
soybeans
there
and
if
you
go
back
to
the
first
page,
if
you
go
to
the
column
on
the
right
hand,
side,
these
are
the
counties
in
tennessee
that
produce
soybeans,
and
so
I
went
from
the
top
down
and
the
biggest
county
of
course,
is
dyer
county
and
then
gibson
county
obama
and
haywood.
If
you're
from
a
county.
That's
not
on
this,
you
may
be
part
of
the
total
of
the
other
other
counties.
They
may
be
too
small
or
didn't
make
a
report
on
it.
G
G
So
that
means
that
ten
dollar
soybeans
a
nickel
goes
into
the
program
and
one
half
of
that
per
bushel
stays
in
the
state
of
tennessee.
The
other
half
goes
to
the
united
soybean
board,
so
we're
dealing
with
quite
a
bit
of
money.
Our
collections
this
year
are
going
to
be
around
two
point
four
from
last
year
in
21
2.375
and
we're
expecting
the
soybean
acreage
to
increase
because
of
the
nitrogen
situation.
G
Now,
if
you're,
a
farmer,
this
is
one
of
the
biggest
hits
that
you
have,
that
nitrogen
has
gone
up.
200
300
percent,
it's
really
high,
and
so
you
use
more
nitrogen
in
corn
production,
which
means
we'll
have
a
shift
in
acreage
in
tennessee
the
overall
shift
across
the
country.
It's
not
going
to
be
as
dramatic
as
as
it
is
here
or
as
we
expect
it
to
be.
G
The
northern
farmers
put
their
nitrogen
down
in
the
fall
and
they've
already
bought
theirs
before
it
went
up
and
the
reason
this
market's
gone
up
deals
with
belarus.
It
deals
with
russia
and
deals
with
countries
that
we
get
other
fertilizers
from
and
it's
real
detriment
to
be
able
to
go
into
a
crop
and
have
good
prices
and
then
all
of
a
sudden,
your
input
costs
may
be
more
than
your
your
revenue.
At
the
end,
I
think
that
gives
you
a
general
attitude
and
I'm
certainly
open
questions.
A
H
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
just
more
or
less
have
a
comment.
I
appreciate
you
laying
this
out
for
us
and
I've
learned
some
things.
I
have
burned
biodiesel
in
my
trucks
and
equipment
in
years
past,
and
at
that
point
it
was
a.
There
was
a
cost
benefit,
because
soybeans
were
a
little
bit
cheaper
and
diesel
was
pretty
high
and
and
we
even
tested
it
up
to
the
20
percent,
it
started
out
at
15
and
we
found
that
it
did
burn
very,
very
clean.
H
We
didn't
see
near
the
exhaust
that
we
would
with
straight
diesel
and
even
clean
the
engine
out.
Quite
frankly,
we
had
to
initially
change
a
lot
of
filters
because
of
all
that
it
cleaned
out
of
those
engines,
so
I
felt
like
it
they
lasted
longer,
and
so
I
appreciate
you
bringing
this
and
the
renewable
diesel
is
very
interesting
to
me.
That's.
I
had
not
been
familiar
with
that
before
today.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
this
information.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
thank
you,
mr
parks,
a
long
time
friend
and
neighbor,
and
it's
also
it's
just
awesome
to
see
you
come
and
present
what
the
soybean
farmer
has
to
do
for
the
environment.
So
often
farmers
don't
get
the
credit
that
they
deserve
of
being
a
you
know,
conservationist,
and
here
we
are
at
the
forefront
of
the
spear
trying
to
clean
up
the
air
and
the
water
and
and
and
just
everything.
D
So
I'm
just
I'm
proud
to
be
a
farmer
and
proud
that
you
were
able
to
come
and
present
today
and
thank
you
for
all
you
do
and
for
what
you
do
for
the
farmers.
G
Well,
thank
you
representative,
right
up
the
highway
from
from
where
rusty
is.
It
was
our
home
place
and
my
grandfather
was
the
first
senator
from
that
area,
so
he
followed
suit
the
bad
thing.
Is
he
drank
that
same
water?
Of
course
it's
gone
downhill
with
rusty
in
here
anyway,.
A
We
have
time
for
one
more
question:
if
another
member
has
a
has
a
question
seeing
none.
Mr
wells,
we
appreciate
you
being
here
today.
We
look
forward
to
seeing
you
again
sometime.
G
Thank
you,
and
just
for
mr
darby
or
griffin
darby
go
voss.
A
We
will
go
back
into
session
and
that
completes
our
calendar
for
today.
Anyone
have
any
comments,
anything
they
want
to
say
at
this
time.
If
not,
I
would
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn.
Let's
stand
adjourned.