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Added protections for Indiana grain farmers

The chair of the Indiana Senate Ag Committee says more needs to be done to protect grain farmers.

Jean Leising is the co-author of Senate Bill 461.

“This makes it more specific in the law for when the license for that dealership can be revoked,” she says. “The farmer can then recover portion of lost assets.”

She tells Brownfield the legislation would be in addition to the existing Indiana Grain Indemnity Fund.

“Currently, there’s about $33 million in that fund,” she says. “It’s really the farmers’ money. They are the ones that contributed to the fund and they won’t have to contribute again unless that fund falls below $20 million.”

The bill recently passed in the Senate and will now be heard in the House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. The 2025 Indiana legislative session resumes on March 4th.