Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF3219

E Relating to agriculture; requiring the commissioner of agriculture to
establish a livestock development program to recognize and assist county efforts
to maintain or expand livestock sectors; clarifying the exclusion of certain
grain buyers contracts from agricultural contract requirements; expanding the
grain inspection, grading, weighing, sampling and analysis authority of the
commissioner outside the state; modifying experience requirements to apply to
the commissioner for a master aquatic pest control license; clarifying a certain
requirement for use of restricted use pesticides by employees of certified
private or licensed noncommercial applicators; prohibiting false statements in
applications for registration, licensing, certification or permits, in certain
records or reports or in investigation of violations relating to pesticides or
agricultural chemicals; authorizing and providing for the commissioner to enter
into interstate seed potato certification agreements; providing for uniformity
with certain federal standards of certain rules of the commissioner under the
food law relating to pesticide chemicals, food and color additives, special
dietary use, fair packaging and labeling, food and drugs, fishery products, meat
and poultry, fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy grade and manufacturing plant
standards and containers; modifying certain rural finance authority (RFA) loan
programs eligibility criteria; extending general eligibility for the programs to
family farm partnerships; reducing the length of time required for beginning
farmer loan recipients to participate in a farm management program; expanding
the value added agricultural product loan program to the purchase of stock in
limited liability companies or partnerships; expanding the definition of grain
buyer for regulation purposes; temporarily waiving a certain rule restricting
the sale or distribution of biological products and antigens for products used
exclusively for poultry (ra, ja)