1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for a grant to plan a poultry processing 
1.3 	plant and associated industrial park; requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT AND 
1.6 	INDUSTRIAL PARK.
 1.7 	(a) $250,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of agriculture for a grant to the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance to plan and design a 
1.9 	poultry processing plant and an associated industrial park aimed at creating new, value-added 
1.10 	economic opportunities for local farmers in southeastern Minnesota. The Regenerative 
1.11 	Agriculture Alliance may partner with the commissioner of agriculture in developing the 
1.12 	plan and design for the industrial park. This is a onetime appropriation.
1.13 	(b) By March 1, 2022, the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, in collaboration with the 
1.14 	commissioner of agriculture, must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members 
1.15 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agriculture finance on the progress, 
1.16 	development, and implementation of the poultry processing plant and industrial park design 
1.17 	and their potential to open new market opportunities for local and emerging farmers.