HF 1446
1st Committee Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)
Posted on 03/19/2013 07:28 p.m.
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to agriculture finance; appropriating money to the University of
1.3Minnesota for agricultural research and extension; requiring report.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. new text begin AGRICULTURE AND EXTENSION SERVICE.new text end
1.6new text begin (a) $53,175,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $52,175,000 in fiscal year 2011 are new text end
1.7new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota new text end
1.8new text begin for agricultural research and extension activities.new text end
1.9new text begin (b) The Agricultural Experiment Stations and Minnesota Extension Service must new text end
1.10new text begin convene agricultural advisory groups to focus research, education, and extension activities new text end
1.11new text begin on producer needs and implement an outreach strategy that more effectively and rapidly new text end
1.12new text begin transfers research results and best practices to producers throughout the state.new text end
1.13new text begin (c) This appropriation includes funding for research efforts that demonstrate a new text end
1.14new text begin renewed emphasis on the needs of the state's production agriculture community. The new text end
1.15new text begin following areas should be prioritized and carried out in consultation with Minnesota new text end
1.16new text begin producer organizations:new text end
1.17new text begin (1) vegetable crop research;new text end
1.18new text begin (2) fertilizer and soil fertility research and development;new text end
1.19new text begin (3) soil, ground, and surface water conservation practices and contaminant reduction new text end
1.20new text begin research;new text end
1.21new text begin (4) discovering and developing plant varieties that use nutrients more efficiently;new text end
1.22new text begin (5) breeding and development of turf seed and other biomass resources in all three new text end
1.23new text begin Minnesota biomes;new text end
2.1new text begin (6) development of new disease-resistant and pest-resistant varieties of turf and new text end
2.2new text begin agronomic crops;new text end
2.3new text begin (7) utilizing plant and livestock cells to treat and cure human diseases;new text end
2.4new text begin (8) the development of dairy coproducts;new text end
2.5new text begin (9) a rapid agricultural response fund for current or emerging animal, plant, and new text end
2.6new text begin insect problems affecting production or food safety;new text end
2.7new text begin (10) crop pest and animal disease research; developing animal agriculture that is new text end
2.8new text begin capable of sustainably feeding the world; new text end
2.9new text begin (11) consumer food safety education and outreach; andnew text end
2.10new text begin (12) programs to meet the research and outreach needs of sustainable and organic new text end
2.11new text begin livestock and crop farmers.new text end
2.12new text begin (d) This appropriation includes funding for research and outreach on the production new text end
2.13new text begin of renewable energy from Minnesota biomass resources. The following areas should new text end
2.14new text begin be prioritized and carried out in consultation with Minnesota producer and bioenergy new text end
2.15new text begin organizations:new text end
2.16new text begin (1) biofuel and other energy production from perennial crops, small grains, row new text end
2.17new text begin crops, and forestry products;new text end
2.18new text begin (2) alternative bioenergy crops and cropping systems; andnew text end
2.19new text begin (3) biofuel coproducts used for livestock feed.new text end
2.20new text begin (e) This appropriation includes funding for analysis of livestock facility siting and new text end
2.21new text begin regulatory models from other states and countries and the following aspects of ethanol new text end
2.22new text begin production in Minnesota:new text end
2.23new text begin (1) water use trends as compared to other industries and activities;new text end
2.24new text begin (2) the carbon balance of ethanol production;new text end
2.25new text begin (3) the effect of ethanol blending requirements on transportation fuel prices; andnew text end
2.26new text begin (4) the economic impacts of ethanol production and use including such measures as new text end
2.27new text begin employment, economic output, and state and local tax revenues.new text end
2.28new text begin (f) This appropriation may be used to establish and maintain a statewide organic new text end
2.29new text begin research and education initiative, secure a facility and retain current faculty levels for new text end
2.30new text begin poultry research currently conducted at UMore Park, develop and implement a dairy new text end
2.31new text begin producer continuing education program and for scoping a new dairy research and teaching new text end
2.32new text begin facility.new text end
2.33new text begin (g) By February 1, 2011, the Board of Regents must submit a report to the legislative new text end
2.34new text begin committees with responsibility for agriculture and higher education finance on the status new text end
2.35new text begin and outcomes of research and initiatives funded in this section.new text end