SF 3610
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/06/2026 09:26 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; appropriating money for grants to support developing
markets for oats.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. new text begin DEVELOPING MARKETS FOR OATS; APPROPRIATION.
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$450,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the environment and natural resources
trust fund to the commissioner of agriculture to improve soil health and water quality by
reducing erosion and nitrate leaching through awarding grants to farmers, aggregators, and
processors in Minnesota that will make investments in infrastructure or equipment for
cultivating, harvesting, processing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, or distributing oats.
This appropriation is exempt from the income repayment requirements in Minnesota Statutes,
section 116P.10, paragraph (c).
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