MN HF3957

Minnesota Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Council's role changes from directly selecting grant recipients to submitting recommendations to legislative committees with jurisdiction over agriculture finance and policy

Commissioner of Agriculture's role shifts from providing grants to making recommendations to legislative committees for the Agriculture Research, Education, Extension, and Technology Transfer grant program

Removes the commissioner's authority to use up to $80,000 annually from the agricultural fertilizer research and education account for administrative support costs, and eliminates recovery of indirect costs from the account

Removes the automatic appropriation of money in the agriculture research, education, extension, and technology transfer account to the commissioner, requiring legislative approval for grant funding

Effective date is July 1, 2027