2026 Minnesota Statutes

342.25 CULTIVATION OF CANNABIS; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

Subdivision 1.Applicability.

(a) A cannabis business seeking to cultivate cannabis must apply for and obtain a cannabis cultivation endorsement.

(b) A cannabis cultivation endorsement is available to the following license holders:

(1) cannabis microbusinesses;

(2) cannabis mezzobusinesses;

(3) cannabis macrobusinesses; and

(4) cannabis cultivators.

Subd. 2.Cultivation records.

A business with a cannabis cultivation endorsement must prepare a cultivation record for each batch of cannabis plants and cannabis flower in the form required by the office and must maintain each record for at least five years. A cultivation record must include the quantity and timing, if applicable, of each pesticide, fertilizer, soil amendment, or plant amendment used to cultivate the batch, as well as any other information required by the office in rule. A cannabis business must provide cultivation records to the office, the commissioner of agriculture, or the commissioner of health upon request.

Subd. 3.Agricultural chemicals and other inputs.

A business with a cannabis cultivation endorsement is subject to rules promulgated by the office in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture, subject to subdivision 5, governing the use of pesticides, fertilizers, soil amendments, plant amendments, and other inputs to cultivate cannabis.

Subd. 4.Cultivation plan.

A business with a cannabis cultivation endorsement must prepare, maintain, and execute an operating plan and a cultivation plan as directed by the office in rule, which must include but is not limited to:

(1) water usage;

(2) recycling;

(3) solid waste disposal; and

(4) a pest management protocol that incorporates integrated pest management principles to control or prevent the introduction of pests to the cultivation site.

Subd. 5.Agricultural chemicals and other inputs; pollinator protection.

(a) A business with a cannabis cultivation endorsement must comply with chapters 18B, 18C, 18D, and any other pesticide, fertilizer, soil amendment, and plant amendment laws and rules enforced by the commissioner of agriculture.

(b) A business with a cannabis cultivation endorsement must not apply pesticides when pollinators are present or allow pesticides to drift to flowering plants that are attractive to pollinators.

Subd. 6.Adulteration prohibited.

A business with a cannabis cultivation endorsement must not treat or otherwise adulterate cannabis plants or cannabis flower with any substance or compound that has the effect or intent of altering the color, appearance, weight, potency, or odor of the cannabis.

Subd. 7.Indoor or outdoor cultivation authorized; security.

A cannabis cultivator, cannabis microbusiness, cannabis mezzobusiness, or cannabis macrobusiness with a cannabis cultivation endorsement may cultivate cannabis plants either indoors or outdoors, subject to the security, fencing, lighting, and any other requirements imposed by the office in rule.

Subd. 8.Exception.

Nothing in this section applies to the cultivation of hemp plants.

History:

2023 c 63 art 1 s 25; 2026 c 123 s 40-46