SF 1114

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 06/15/2023 11:15am

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; increasing funding for the agriculture research, education,
extension, and technology transfer grant program and Farm Business Management
challenge grants; appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; AGRICULTURE RESEARCH, EDUCATION,
EXTENSION, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (AGREETT) GRANT PROGRAM.
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new text begin (a) $10,300,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $10,300,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for transfer
to the agriculture research, education, extension, and technology transfer account under
Minnesota Statutes, section 41A.14, subdivision 3. Of these amounts:
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new text begin (1) at least $600,000 each year is for the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station's
agriculture rapid response fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 41A.14, subdivision 1,
clause (2);
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new text begin (2) $3,000,000 each year is for grants to the Minnesota Agriculture Education Leadership
Council to enhance agricultural education with priority given to Farm Business Management
challenge grants;
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new text begin (3) $350,000 each year is for potato breeding; and
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new text begin (4) $450,000 each year is for the cultivated wild rice breeding project at the North Central
Research and Outreach Center to include a tenure track/research associate plant breeder.
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new text begin (b) The commissioner shall transfer the remaining funds in this appropriation each year
to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for purposes of Minnesota Statutes,
section 41A.14. Of the amount transferred to the Board of Regents, up to $1,000,000 each
year is for research on avian influenza, salmonella, and other turkey-related diseases. To
the extent practicable, money expended under Minnesota Statutes, section 41A.14,
subdivision 1, clauses (1) and (2), must supplement and not supplant existing sources and
levels of funding. The commissioner may use up to one percent of the appropriation each
year to administer the program.
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