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Omnibus agriculture policy bill.
University of Minnesota agricultural research data classified.
Cuba; a resolution urging Congress to permanently repeal trade, financial, and travel restrictions to Cuba.
Fugitive emission standards exemption provided for commodity facilities.
Noncommercial pesticide applicator license fee reduced.
Nitrogen fertilizer rules prohibited unless approved by law.
Minimum biodiesel content level for diesel fuel allowed to be modified during certain times of year, and Number 1 diesel exemption extended.
Farmed elk and other farmed Cervidae distinguished, voluntary herd buyout program established, and money appropriated.
Omnibus agriculture finance bill.
Farmed Cervidae additional fencing requirements established.
Agricultural asset sale or rental to beginning farmers income tax credit provided, credit for beginning farmer financial management programs provided, and Rural Finance Authority duties established.
Knowing euthanasia of pet or companion animals with nonanesthetic gas prohibited.
Board of Animal Health data classified.
Agricultural best management practice loan conditions modified to include environmental service providers, drainage law modified to accelerate ditch buffer strip implementation, and runoff and sediment delivery option provided for repair charges.
Saltwater aquatic farm requirements modified.
Cottage foods license exemption expanded to include limited liability companies, and limited liability companies required to maintain liability insurance.
Quarterly minimum production level for advanced biofuel production incentive payments reduced, options expanded for ingredients allowed to be used in advanced biofuel production to qualify for incentive payments, and minimum production level for renewable chemical production incentive reduced.
Minnesota agriculture special license plates established, and money appropriated.
Bee and apiary solar farms designated as an agricultural use for purposes of mandatory review of state agency actions and for a metropolitan agricultural preserve, requirements for a solar generation site to provide habitat beneficial to birds and pollinators modified,
Farmed Cervidae identification requirements modified.
Country of origin labeling for meat products required.
Water monitoring on state lands required.
Metropolitan agricultural preserve expiration modified.
Agricultural drain tiles exempted from sales tax.
Ban on open-air swine basins clarified to exclude truck washes.
Dangerous dog registration submission to the Board of Animal Health required.
Highway right-of-way moving practices regulated, and pollinator habitat management provided.
Persons who control or eradicate noxious weeds on a trunk highway right-of-way reimbursement required.
Statewide dangerous dog database created, and animal control authorities required to implant microchips in dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs.
Agricultural fertilizer research and education fee, Minnesota Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Council, Minnesota agricultural fertilizer research and education program, and agricultural fertilizer research and education account extended by 10 years.
Proposed nitrogen fertilizer rule adoption prohibited.
Sales of off-sale alcoholic beverages excluded when determining a food handler license fee.
Mowing highway and road rights-of-way provisions modified.
Minnesota Grape and Wine Council established; grant program established; sales and use tax nexus established for direct shippers; revenues deposited; direct shipper's license required for shipments of wine to consumers; reporting requirements established for direct shippers; and money appropriated.
Ban on open-air swine basins clarified to exclude truck washes.
Omnibus agriculture policy bill.
Cause of action for disparagement of agricultural food products established.
Knowing euthanasia of pet or companion animals with nonanesthetic gas prohibited, and penalties provided.
Omnibus agriculture bill.
Grain credit contract indemnity program established, bond amounts increased for licensed grain buyers, portion of sales tax revenue derived from the sale of grain bins dedicated, sales tax eliminated on grain bins, gross receipts tax established for grain bins to fund the indemnity payments if program funding falls below a threshold amount, and money appropriated.
Upper Mississippi River drinking water source protection required.
Trusts exempted from reporting requirements.
Biodiesel minimum content requirement delayed two years.
Chlorpyrifos; a resolution memorializing the United States Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate plans to revoke all food tolerances and cancel all registrations of chlorpyrifos.
Rural Finance Authority authorized to issue or participate in more than one methane digester loan to a farmer.
Nuisance liability protection for agricultural operations modified.
Shrimp production incentive program established, reports required, and money appropriated.
Farm to school program established, and money appropriated.
Aquaculture facility construction material exemption created.
Agricultural product definition modified.
Commercial and industrial operations on agricultural preserves provisions modified, and early termination of an agricultural preserve provided.
Farm safety working group codified, farm safety initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
Public waters and drainage ditch buffer requirements modified, and rulemaking for soil loss ordinances clarified.
Agricultural containment facility exemption modified.
Farming definition modified for agricultural development.
Ethanol blending allowed, and motor fuel marketing agreements and franchise agreements that do not allow ethanol blending prohibited.
Farmer-Lender Mediation Act modified, and minimum debt amount increased.
Agricultural homestead rules modified for properties owned by trusts.
Urban agriculture development pilot grant program established, and money appropriated.
Temporary and seasonal agriculture workers exempted from overtime requirements.
Deer farm moratorium established.
Mowing authority and management practices in road rights-of-way governed, and road authorities prohibited from establishing requirements and permits that govern mowing and haying.
Open air swine basin ban extended.
Technical assistance and technology grants for spark ignition motor fuel wholesalers and retailers provided, and money appropriated.
Farmer financial eligibility conformed to the general poverty-based standard, and income limit removed.
Landowner or occupant who does not need a partition fence cannot be required to share in construction or maintenance costs, and statute that applies this standard only in St. Louis County repealed.
Agricultural educator grant program established, and money appropriated.
Agricultural Utilization Research Institute provisions modified.
Feeder's lien modified to clarify eligibility of those who furnish feed to a livestock producer, and livestock production input lien and temporary livestock production input lien eliminated.
Agriculture commissioner required to provide notice of the presence of noxious weeds.
Agricultural homestead land farmed by a beginning farmer allowed to continue to qualify for homestead classification.
Agricultural fertilizer research and education program and council extended.
Dairy research, teaching, and consumer education authority modified and extended.
Minnesota Agriculture Education Leadership Council expiration date eliminated.
Veterinary Medicine Board appointment criteria modified.
Animal feedlot facility public notice and comment provisions modified, and environmental review requirements for animal feedlot facilities modified.
Sustainable Agriculture Project funding provided, and money appropriated.
Agricultural land study on valuation based on production value provided, report required, and money appropriated.
Animal cruelty reporting immunity provided.
Nitrate and pesticide mitigation in drinking water financial assistance provided, revenue bond sale authorized, and money appropriated.
Livestock facility nuisance exemption provided.
Organic agriculture transition grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Cost-share requirement for schools that receive a tractor rollover protection grant eliminated, and retroactive effective date provided.
Agricultural homestead property classification qualification allowed.
Organic agriculture production and demonstration zone creation required, and property tax credit for property within the zone provided.
Minnesota Food Council established, appointments provided, and reports required.
State preemption of pesticide control ordinances for cities of the first class eliminated.
Voluntary solar site management practices established.
Urban agriculture development pilot program established, and money appropriated.
Apprentice farmer assistance program established, income tax credits for participating farmers authorized, and rulemaking required.
Agriculture provisions policy and technical changes made, Farmer Lender Mediation Task force and a Farm Safety Initiative established, and reports required.
Surface or subsurface drainage installation on agricultural land requirements established.
Good food access program established to provide financial and technical assistance to increase access to affordable foods, report required, and money appropriated.
Pollinator investment grant program established, and money appropriated.
Farmer Lender Mediation Act extended for two years, advisory task force established, report required, and law repealed that would have extended the Farmer Lender Mediation Act until June 30, 2017 if the legislature did not meet in regular session during calendar year 2016.
Animal euthanasia by nonanesthetic gas prohibited, and criminal penalties provided.
Plant and nursery stock labeling requirements modified.
Working lands watershed restoration program established to incentivize growth of perennial crops, and money appropriated.
Minnesota emerald ash borer suppression program established, and money appropriated.
Minnesota Organic Advisory Task Force extended, agriculture commissioner required to consult the Minnesota Organic Advisory Task Force and provide recommendations to the legislature, and report required.
Historic barn rehabilitation grant program established, and money appropriated.
Grain buyer bond amounts increased, grain buyer requirements modified, and report required.
Organic agriculture financing program created, and money appropriated.
Grain credit contract indemnity program established, bond amounts for licensed grain buyers increased, portion of sales tax revenue derived from the sale of grain bins dedicated, sales tax on grain bins eliminated, gross receipts tax for grain bins established to fund the indemnity payments if program funding falls below a threshold amount, and money appropriated.
Production incentive program for use of forest resources in the production of siding established, and money appropriated.
Drainage system repair procedures modified.
State board of equalization prohibited from issuing an order requiring a reclassification of property to or from an agricultural classification.
Lubricating oil renewable standard established.
Farm safety program established, and money appropriated.
Tractor rollover protection pilot grant program established, and money appropriated.
Land owner provided option to require a pipeline proposing to locate on that land to purchase any amount of the owner's contiguous land, fees and penalties modified, disposition of abandoned pipelines provided, report required, and change in rules required.
Temporary or seasonal agricultural workers with an H-2A visa exempted from overtime requirements.
Agritourism activity definition modified.
Land farmed by a beginning farmer qualification for homestead classification allowed.
Integrated pest management funding provided, and money appropriated.
Local government prohibition or regulation of pesticide use allowed.
Agricultural containment facility exemption repealed.
Farmer Lender Mediation Act extended until June 30, 2020; and law that would have extended the Farmer Lender Mediation Act until June 30, 2017, if the legislature did not meet in regular session during calendar year 2016 repealed.
Tractor rollover protection pilot grant program established, and nonstate money received by the agriculture commissioner appropriated.
Agricultural policy; a resolution memorializing Congress to devolve agricultural policy making to the states and transition federal farm support to a system of state block grants.
Farm wineries exempted from food handler licensing requirements.
Urban agriculture development grants established, and money appropriated.
Omnibus agriculture policy bill.
Pesticide sale and use moratorium established.
Equity-stripping law protection extended to owners of agricultural property.
Agriculture commissioner required to pursue federal reimbursement for livestock depredation payments.
Livestock industry study required.
Industrial hemp industry development provided for and regulated, industrial hemp research authorized, rulemaking required, possession of industrial hemp defense provided, wild hemp definition modified, and money appropriated.
Agricultural product motor vehicle weight limit permit requirements amended, and hauling product for use as a biofuel provided.
Pesticide regulatory account use modified, and labeling and advertising prohibitions pertaining to plants beneficial to pollinators modified.
Agricultural educator grant program established, and money appropriated.
Agricultural preserve allowed commercial and industrial operation provisions modified, and early termination provided for an agricultural preserve.
Retail petroleum dispenser grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Butcher training pilot program established.
Prepared food direct sale licensing exclusions modified.
Income tax credit for sales or rentals of agricultural assets to beginning farmers provided, income tax credit for beginning farmer financial management programs provided, and the beginning farmer program administered by the Rural Finance Authority modified.
Advanced biofuel, renewable chemical, and biomass production incentive programs established; and money appropriated.
Agritourism activities liability immunity provided.
Agricultural education teacher loan forgiveness provided, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
Internet sales of restricted use pesticides restricted.
Large animal veterinarian loan forgiveness program funding provided, and money appropriated.
Wine produced by a farm winery classified as an agricultural product for property tax classification purposes.
Private truck wash facilities operated as part of feedlot operations permitting provided.
Farmer ombudsman office established to provide one-stop regulatory assistance, and money appropriated.
Roadway use access modified.
Livestock production facility nuisance claims provided relating to odor.
Farm wineries allowed to increase cider production.
Young farmer summer seminar and practicum program established, program participants exempted from labor laws, and money appropriated.
Antimicrobial drug nontherapeutic use for food animals prohibited, and sale of food produced from animals administered antimicrobial drugs for nontherapeutic uses prohibited.
Second Harvest Heartland grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Agriculture related program funding provided for grants, scholarships, and courses; agricultural growth, research, and innovation programs extended; and money appropriated.
Agriculture Research, Education, Extension, and Technology Transfer Board established; and money appropriated.
Agricultural drain tiles exempted from sales tax.
Agricultural property taxation changes made, and valuation exclusion for homeowners over age 65 created.
Agricultural purposes definition modified for class 2 properties.
Farmamerica, the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Nonprofit ticket or admission sales tax exemption clarified.
Agricultural homestead classification for property allowed.
Organic agriculture financing program created, and money appropriated.
Rural service district establishment required in cities containing agricultural property.
Perennial feedstock program established, and money appropriated.
Seed law exemptions provided, and definitions modified.
Seed law exemptions provided, and definitions modified.
Green Acres land value determination by county assessors provided.
Sponsored agriculture education community experts allowed.
Clean Water Council membership modified.
Consumer protection provided, disclosure of genetically engineered food required, and rulemaking authorized.
Agricultural processing tax incentives and loan program provided.
Rural Finance Authority loan state participation limit increased.
Agricultural Growth, Research, and Investment (AGRI) program extended for ten years; portion of annual AGRI spending dedicated to farm business management scholarships; income tax credits to encourage beginning farmers provided; beginning farmer individual development accounts and supplemental farm business management program funding provided; and money appropriated.
Barn preservation tax incentives provided.
Agricultural Utilization Research Institute abolished and duties transferred to the Agriculture Department, and money appropriated.
Eminent domain; Buy the Farm option established for real property owners whose property is taken for intercity high-speed rail use.
Sustainable agriculture programs and grants modified.
Minnesota Food Council established, appointments provided, and reports required.
Agriculture commissioner required to facilitate creation of an organic agriculture production and demonstration zone, and property tax credit for property within the zone provided.
Veterinary Medicine Board appointments specified to reflect geography of the state, and temporary suspension of veterinarian licenses process modified.
Pesticide control ordinance state preemption eliminated for cities of the first class.
Agricultural homestead determination changes made.
Plants treated with pollinator lethal insecticide prohibited from being labeled or advertised as beneficial to pollinators.
Agriculture Department; obsolete, redundant, and unnecessary laws removed; and biodiesel fuel requirements modified.
Farmers' market definition provided, and food product sampling and demonstration permitted.
Farmstay program study provided.
Bee death caused by pesticide poisoning compensation provided, pollinator emergency response team established, and money appropriated.
Farm-to-foodshelf program established, and money appropriated.
University of Minnesota; Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Agricultural Management (CINRAM) best management practices project money appropriated.
Minimum biodiesel fuel content requirements modified, and diesel generators exempted from the requirements to use biodiesel fuel.
Urban agriculture development zones added in land use planning.
Sustainable agriculture programs and grants modified.
Agricultural commodity council related provisions modified, ineligibility determined for council member positions, information required to be posted on a council's website, and fines authorized.
Renewable chemical and advanced biofuel capital equipment loan program created, advanced biofuel and renewable chemical production incentive programs established, and money appropriated.
Industrial hemp research authorized in accordance with federal law, rulemaking authorized, and report required.
Business farming or businesses owning or leasing farmland prohibition exemption provided.
University of Minnesota; Forever Green Agriculture Initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
Research dogs and cats regulated.
Animal cruelty law enforcement task force established to comprehensively review the enforcement of animal anticruelty laws and practices and to make recommendations for improvement, and money appropriated.
Biodiesel content requirements and related regulations modified, and sunset eliminated.
Farm America money appropriated.
Apiary registration and inspection program reestablished, Minnesota Zoo designated as the state pollinator bank, penalties provided, and money appropriated for a pollinator conservation program feasibility study.
Agricultural Utilization Research Institute; two new members added.
State agricultural society-issued bond requirements modified.
Animal fighting; animal removal by authorities authorized.
Farmers' market definition provided, and food product sampling and demonstration permitted in some circumstances.
Potentially dangerous dog definition modified.
State preemption of pesticide control ordinances eliminated for cities of the first class.
Board of Veterinary Medicine appointments specified to reflect the geography of the state, and process for temporary suspension of veterinarian licenses modified.
Dog and cat breeder licensing and inspection provided, funding provided, and money appropriated.
Genetically engineered food and seed disclosure required.
Biodiesel content mandate exceptions extended.
Biodiesel content requirements and related regulations modified, and sunset eliminated.
University of Minnesota, Morris; educating tomorrow's sustainable food producers pilot program established, report required, and money appropriated.
Animal protection required in the cargo portion of motor vehicles.
Agritourism activities civil liability immunity created.
Minnesota Companion Animal Protection Act adopted.
Agricultural chemical response and reimbursement account maximum reimbursement increased.
Food handler licensing requirement exemptions modified.
Dangerous dog notifications required when transferring ownership.
Agricultural drainage system installer licensure system established, county commissioners prohibited from acting as public drainage inspectors, public drainage viewer and inspector training required, and money appropriated.
Minnesota Zoo wild animal exemptions provided.
Minnesota agricultural water quality program established, and rulemaking authorized.
Honey bee habitat program established, and honey bee habitat projects allowed on lands under conservation easements.
Omnibus agriculture policy bill.
Cellulosic ethanol production goal sunset date provided, definitions established, ethanol minimum content requirement converted to a biofuel requirement, petroleum replacement goal expanded, biofuels task force required, and E20 mandate language repealed.
Agricultural growth, research, and innovation program appropriations allocated for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.
NextGen Energy Board directed to examine biobased chemical production from agricultural and forestry feedstocks.
Governor's agriculture budget established; Agriculture Department, the Animal Health Board, and the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute funding provided; provisions modified relating to animal waste technicians; and technical changes made.
Pesticide education and training program modified.
Nontherapeutic use of antimicrobial drugs prohibited for food animals, and sale prohibited of food produced from animals administered antimicrobial drugs for nontherapeutic uses.
Commercial dog and cat breeder requirements and inspection authority and funding provided, and money appropriated.
Dogs; mandatory rabies vaccination and proof of vaccination required.
University of Minnesota; Forever Green Agriculture Initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
Minnesota Agriculture Education Leadership Council extended.
Minnesota Food Council established, appointments provided, and reports required.
Industrial hemp industry development and regulation provided, rulemaking authorized, possession and cultivation of industrial hemp defense provided, and marijuana definition modified.
Farmer-Lender Mediation Act sunset date extended.
Agricultural education community expert sponsorship allowed.
Industrial hemp industry development and regulation provided, rulemaking authorized, possession and cultivation of industrial hemp defense provided, and marijuana definition modified.