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AGRICULTURE

See also FARMS; FARM PRODUCTS

Agricultural cooperatives, health plans for farmers, Minn. Law 2013 c 135 art 1 s 9

Agricultural Diversification Steering Council and Network, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 3

Agricultural employment

Unemployment insurance, Minn. Law 2014 c 251 art 2 s 1, 3

Work week, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 3 s 22

Agricultural growth, research, and innovation program, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 21, 2015 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 5, 7, 2021 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 2, 2022 c 95 art 1 s 1, 2023 c 43 art 1 s 2, 2024 c 126 art 1 s 1, 2024 c 127 art 37 s 1, 2025 c 34 art 1 s 2, 8, 9

Agricultural marketing, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 2

Agricultural property, property taxes, see PROPERTY TAXES

Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, capital improvement project, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 8 art 1 s 9

Agricultural water quality certification, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 3, 2016 c 172 art 2 s 9, 2017 c 91 art 2 s 3, 2019 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 3, 2021 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 3, 2023 c 40 art 2 s 3, 2025 c 36 art 2 s 3

Agricultural weather program, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 10 s 7

Agriculture best management practices loans, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 2, 2015 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 3, 2019 c 24 s 1, 2020 c 89 art 4 s 3 to 2020 c 89 art 4 s 5, 2022 c 95 art 2 s 3 to 2022 c 95 art 2 s 7, 2025 c 34 art 3 s 3, 4

Agriculture research, education, extension, and technology transfer grant program, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 56

Agritourism professionals, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 36

Aircraft, agricultural, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 8 art 2 s 89

Best management practices, appropriations, Minn. Law 2017 c 91 art 2 s 3, 2019 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 3, 2021 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 2023 c 40 art 2 s 3, 6, 2024 c 106 art 2 s 3, 2025 c 36 art 2 s 3

Best management practices, definitions, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 6

Biofuel production incentives, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 57, 58

Center for Rural Policy and Development, Minn. Law 2017 c 88 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 2, 2023 c 43 art 1 s 2

Continuous living cover crops grants, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 2

Contracts and agreements, Minn. Law 2023 c 43 art 2 s 12

Cooperative farming agreements, aquatic management areas, Minn. Law 2013 c 121 s 28

Cooperative farming agreements, Natural Resources Department lands, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 3 s 13

Definitions, genetically engineered organisms, Minn. Law 2023 c 43 art 2 s 43, 44

Drainage technology, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 2

Education and training, see AGRICULTURE EDUCATION

Farm advocate services, Minn. Law 2017 c 88 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 2

Farm business management courses, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 78

Farm business management grants, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 2

Farm business management tuition assistance, Minn. Law 2017 c 88 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 2

Farm families, mental health counseling, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 2

Farm loans, see under FARMS, under FARMS

Agricultural improvement loan program, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 25

Agriculture best management practices loans, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 2, 2015 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 3

Agritourism professionals, immunity from liability, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 36

Beginning farmer program, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 22

Disaster recovery loan program, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 27 to 2015 c 44 s 29, 2015 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 6, 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 69 to 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 71

Equity-stripping protections, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 32 to 2015 c 44 s 35, 2015 c 50

Farm opportunity loan program, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 76

Foreclosure consultant contract rescissions, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 32 to 2015 c 44 s 35, 2015 c 50

Loan restructuring program, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 23

Pilot agricultural microloan program, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 75

Seller-sponsored loan participation program, Minn. Law 2015 c 44 s 24

Farm loans, appropriations, Minn. Law 2012 c 293 s 11

Farm loans, disaster recovery loan program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 30

Farm wineries

Bulk wine, Minn. Law 2012 c 235 s 1

Licenses, Minn. Law 2012 c 235 s 2

FarmAmerica, Minn. Law 2013 c 142 art 1 s 24

Farmer-led water management councils, Minn. Law 2017 c 88 art 1 s 2

Farmer-led water quality improvement practices, Minn. Law 2017 c 88 art 1 s 2

Farmer-lender mediation, extension, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 81

Farmers' markets, see under FOOD, under FOOD

Farmers' markets, food product sampling and demonstration, Minn. Law 2014 c 163 s 1

Farms, see FARMS

Feedlots, see ANIMAL FEEDLOTS

Forever Green Agricultural Initiative, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 12 s 8

Forever Green agriculture initiative, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 3

Good agricultural practices certification assistance, Minn. Law 2017 c 88 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 2

Hemp, see INDUSTRIAL HEMP

Horse breeding, training, or boarding as agricultural pursuits, Minn. Law 2012 c 203

Minnesota One Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 4 s 14, 2023 c 70 art 20 s 3

Nuisance conditions and lawsuits, study, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 83

Organic farming, reports about, Minn. Law 2012 c 244 art 1 s 33

Precision agriculture technologies, outreach, training, and adoption of, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 2

Renewable chemicals, production incentive, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 59

Renewable energy infrastructure, Minn. Law 2017 c 88 art 1 s 2

Research

Grants for, Minn. Law 2021 c 28 s 4

University of Minnesota, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 4

Research, data on, monitoring and assessment, management of, Minn. Law 2018 c 140

Research, grants for, Minn. Law 2016 c 184 s 7, 2016 c 189 art 2 s 11

Research, University of Minnesota, Minn. Law 2023 c 41 art 1 s 4, 2025 1Sp c 5 art 1 s 4

Soil conservation, see SOIL CONSERVATION

State fish hatcheries, water quality monitoring, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 3 s 43

Sustainable agriculture, see SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, Minn. Law 2017 c 88 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 2

Sustainable agriculture grant program, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 2

Sustainable development of Minnesota agriculture program, repeal, Minn. Law 2014 c 181 s 14

Training, competency standards, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 3 s 21

Urban agriculture

Appropriations for, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 2

Development, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 85

Urban agriculture community development, Minn. Law 2017 c 88 art 1 s 2

Value-added agriculture, Minn. Law 2017 c 88 art 1 s 2

Water quality, Minn. Law 2024 c 106 art 2 s 3

Weather study, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 3, 2021 1Sp c 4 art 8 s 29