Agriculture Policy

MN - Representative Paul Anderson (R)

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MN - Representative Jeff Backer (R)

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Vice Chair

MN - Representative David Bly (D)

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MN - Representative Peggy Bennett (R)

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MN - Representative Brian Daniels (R)

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MN - Representative Clark Johnson (D)

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MN - Representative Mary Kunesh-Podein (D)

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MN - Representative Dale Lueck (R)

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MN - Representative Tim Mahoney (D)

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MN - Representative Carlos Mariani (D)

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MN - Representative Tim Miller (R)

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MN - Representative Jeremy Munson (R)

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MN - Representative Bud Nornes (R)

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MN - Representative Nels Pierson (R)

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MN - Representative Jeanne Poppe (D)

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MN - Representative John Poston (R)

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MN - Representative Duane Sauke (D)

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MN - HF22 Trusts exempted from reporting requirements.

MN - HF2717 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.

MN - HF485 Agricultural educator grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1165 Farmer financial eligibility conformed to the general poverty-based standard, and income limit removed.

MN - HF1120 Shrimp production incentive program established, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1121 Agricultural product definition modified.

MN - HF2054 Knowing euthanasia of pet or companion animals with nonanesthetic gas prohibited, and penalties provided.

MN - HF2049 Farm to school program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1948 Deer farm moratorium established.

MN - HF2284 Farming definition modified for agricultural development.

MN - HF3000 20 percent content mandate eliminated, content mandate during forecasted weather conditions suspended, and Number 1 diesel fuel exemption made permanent.

MN - HF3374 Noncommercial pesticide applicator license fee reduced.

MN - HF3331 Agricultural drain tiles exempted from sales tax.

MN - HF3330 Knowing euthanasia of pet or companion animals with nonanesthetic gas prohibited.

MN - HF3303 Statewide dangerous dog database created, and animal control authorities required to implant microchips in dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs.

MN - HF2614 Biodiesel minimum content requirement delayed two years.

MN - HF3152 Minnesota agriculture special license plates established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3150 Mowing highway and road rights-of-way provisions modified.

MN - HF40 Agricultural homestead property classification qualification allowed.

MN - HF636 Agricultural homestead land farmed by a beginning farmer allowed to continue to qualify for homestead classification.

MN - HF610 Agricultural homestead rules modified for properties owned by trusts.

MN - HF608 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.

MN - HF686 Dairy research, teaching, and consumer education authority modified and extended.

MN - HF673 Minnesota Agriculture Education Leadership Council expiration date eliminated.

MN - HF1545 Omnibus agriculture bill.

MN - HF867 Nitrate and pesticide mitigation in drinking water financial assistance provided, revenue bond sale authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1047 Agricultural Utilization Research Institute provisions modified.

MN - HF1039 Ethanol blending allowed, and motor fuel marketing agreements and franchise agreements that do not allow ethanol blending prohibited.

MN - HF1026 Livestock facility nuisance exemption provided.

MN - HF1032 Temporary and seasonal agriculture workers exempted from overtime requirements.

MN - HF1006 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.

MN - HF983 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.

MN - HF1655 Aquaculture facility construction material exemption created.

MN - HF1293 Open air swine basin ban extended.

MN - HF124 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.

MN - HF1511 Farmer-Lender Mediation Act modified, and minimum debt amount increased.

MN - HF1461 Urban agriculture development pilot grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1456 Animal feedlot facility public notice and comment provisions modified, and environmental review requirements for animal feedlot facilities modified.

MN - HF1411 Veterinary Medicine Board appointment criteria modified.

MN - HF1831 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.

MN - HF3523 Minimum biodiesel content level for diesel fuel allowed to be modified during certain times of year, and Number 1 diesel exemption extended.

MN - HF3487 Persons who control or eradicate noxious weeds on a trunk highway right-of-way reimbursement required.

MN - HF3472 Saltwater aquatic farm requirements modified.

MN - HF3462 Highway right-of-way moving practices regulated, and pollinator habitat management provided.

MN - HF3441 Fugitive emission standards exemption provided for commodity facilities.

MN - HF3442 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.

MN - HF2510 Cuba; a resolution urging Congress to permanently repeal trade, financial, and travel restrictions to Cuba.

MN - HF2982 University of Minnesota agricultural research data classified.

MN - HF2938 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.

MN - HF2946 Ban on open-air swine basins clarified to exclude truck washes.

MN - HF3869 Country of origin labeling for meat products required.

MN - HF3836 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.

MN - HF3827 Farmed Cervidae identification requirements modified.

MN - HF4353 Farmed Cervidae additional fencing requirements established.

MN - HF3127 Metropolitan agricultural preserve expiration modified.

MN - HF3121 Cottage foods license exemption expanded to include limited liability companies, and limited liability companies required to maintain liability insurance.

MN - HF3719 Omnibus agriculture finance bill.

MN - HF3683 Dangerous dog registration submission to the Board of Animal Health required.

MN - HF3607 Water monitoring on state lands required.

MN - HF4447 Farmed elk and other farmed Cervidae distinguished, voluntary herd buyout program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2595 Rural Finance Authority authorized to issue or participate in more than one methane digester loan to a farmer.

MN - HF2600 Chlorpyrifos; a resolution memorializing the United States Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate plans to revoke all food tolerances and cancel all registrations of chlorpyrifos.

MN - HF2884 Sales of off-sale alcoholic beverages excluded when determining a food handler license fee.

MN - HF2880 Cause of action for disparagement of agricultural food products established.

MN - HF2727 Proposed nitrogen fertilizer rule adoption prohibited.

MN - HF200 Agricultural land study on valuation based on production value provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF208 Commercial and industrial operations on agricultural preserves provisions modified, and early termination of an agricultural preserve provided.

MN - HF199 Agriculture commissioner required to provide notice of the presence of noxious weeds.

MN - HF190 Upper Mississippi River drinking water source protection required.

MN - HF278 Organic agriculture production and demonstration zone creation required, and property tax credit for property within the zone provided.

MN - HF259 Cost-share requirement for schools that receive a tractor rollover protection grant eliminated, and retroactive effective date provided.

MN - HF289 Minnesota Food Council established, appointments provided, and reports required.

MN - HF303 State preemption of pesticide control ordinances for cities of the first class eliminated.

MN - HF750 Organic agriculture transition grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF761 Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education program and Council extended.

MN - HF1256 Sustainable Agriculture Project funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1257 Technical assistance and technology grants for spark ignition motor fuel wholesalers and retailers provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1192 Farm safety working group codified, farm safety initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1221 Nuisance liability protection for agricultural operations modified.

MN - HF787 Animal cruelty reporting immunity provided.

MN - HF1720 Agricultural containment facility exemption modified.

MN - HF1717 Omnibus agriculture policy bill.

MN - HF1994 Public waters and drainage ditch buffer requirements modified, and rulemaking for soil loss ordinances clarified.

MN - HF3216 Ban on open-air swine basins clarified to exclude truck washes.

MN - HF3977 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.

MN - HF3962 Board of Animal Health data classified.

MN - HF4133 Omnibus agriculture policy bill.

MN - HF2887 Nitrogen fertilizer rules prohibited unless approved by law.