2000 Minnesota Statutes

     25.47 Hay and straw standards. 

    Subdivision 1.  The commissioner of agriculture shall have 
 jurisdiction over hay and straw standards established in 
 Minnesota and shall regulate the inspection, grading, weighing, 
 sampling and analysis of hay and straw within the state.  

    Subd. 2.  The commissioner of agriculture shall, on or 
 before June 15 of each year, establish the grades of hay and 
 straw subject to state inspection which shall be known as the 
 "Minnesota Grades" and hay and straw received at a public 
 warehouse shall be graded accordingly.  The grades shall not be 
 changed before June 15 of the next succeeding year.  The 
 commissioner of agriculture shall also adopt rules in accordance 
 with the Administrative Procedure Act as it deems necessary to 
 implement this section.  

    HIST: 1980 c 460 s 2; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 11