HF 693

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 04/04/2016 04:19pm

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Forever Green Agriculture
Initiative at the University of Minnesota.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; FOREVER GREEN AGRICULTURE
INITIATIVE.
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new text begin $1,395,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $1,395,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for grants to the Board of
Regents of the University of Minnesota to fund the Forever Green Agriculture Initiative
and to protect the state's natural resources while increasing the efficiency, profitability,
and productivity of Minnesota farmers by incorporating perennial and winter-annual
crops into existing agricultural practices.
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