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House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, April 18 2024 - Archive Video
00:37 - HF3763 (Vang) Agriculture supplemental budget bill.
- Mark-up and vote.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 16 2024 - Archive Video
01:01 - HF3763 (Vang) Agriculture supplemental budget bill.
- Walkthrough and testimony.
Runs 1 hour, 24 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, April 11 2024 - Archive Video
00:07 - HF3411 (Fischer) Minnesota Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Council fee extended for the agricultural fertilizer research and education account.
17:08 - HF5147 (Pursell) Requirements for labeling of food consisting of honey and another sweetener specified.
21:56 - Informational hearing on the DE1 amendment to HF4989 (Pursell) Clean water, climate-start, and soil-healthy farming goals established; pilot program to provide financial incentives for farming practices in southeastern Minnesota created; fertilizer fee extended; data collection required; and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, April 4 2024 - Archive Video
00:42 - HF5229 (Vang) Agriculture provisions modified, and money appropriated.
48:16 - HF5231 (Vang) Supplemental appropriations and transfers relating to broadband made.
Runs 1 hour, 9 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 2 2024 - Archive Video
00:38 - Update on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.
Runs 33 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 21 2024 - Archive Video
00:35 - Emerging Farmers data presentation.
30:04 - Emerging Farmers report presentation.
47:24 - HF4323 (Vang) Minnesota Rural Finance Authority provisions modified.
48:42 - HF4908 (Vang) Limited-resource farmer defined, farm down payment assistance grants reporting requirements modified, beginning farmer tax credit and certain grants eligibility and priority modified, and social equity applicants definition modified for purposes of cannabis licensing.
Runs 1 hour, 35 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 - Archive Video
00:08 - HF4989 (Pursell) Clean water, climate-start, and soil-healthy farming goals established; pilot program to provide financial incentives for farming practices in southeastern Minnesota created; fertilizer fee extended; data collection required; and money appropriated.
47:04 - HF4163 (Norris) Farm to institutions funding provided, and money appropriated.
52:15 - HF4065 (Anderson, Paul) Live Cervidae importation to accredited facilities allowed.
1:08:03 - HF4044 (Jacob) Property tax credit established for acres certified under Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 10 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 14 2024 - Archive Video
00:08 - HF4110 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Commercial applicator license core examination materials required to be provided in Spanish.
11:49 - HF4625 (Hansen) Report on state agency nitrogen fertilizer purchases required and reduction goal established.
24:11 - HF3512 (Hansen) Minnesota State Fair transportation plan required, and money appropriated.
Runs 45 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 12 2024 - Archive Video
00:08 - Recognition of Poultry Day at the Capitol.
06:18 - HF4659 (Berg) Safety standards for broadband industry installers required; and Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program implemented.
39:52 - HF3410 (Freiberg) Classification of commercial dog and cat breeder data collected and maintained by Board of Animal Health amended; kennel and dealer advertising requirements modified; and Board of Animal Health required to post kennel, dealer, and commercial breeder information.
55:02 - HF4655 (Vang) Bird hatching banned in schools.
1:26:18 - HF3821 (Sencer-Mura) Food Safety and Defense Task Force provision expiration amended.
1:28:10 - HF4699 (Pursell) Pesticide provisions amended.
Runs 1 hour, 35 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 7 2024 - Archive Video
6:19 - HF3809 (Tabke) Elk provisions modified.
14:09 - HF4035 (Cha) Food handler license provisions amended.
15:20 - HF3815 (Cha) Grain indemnity provisions modified.
46:13 - HF3823 (Hansen) Fertilizer definitions amended.
49:33 - HF4082 (Hansen) Pesticide product discontinuing and canceling provisions modified.
1:02:12 - HF4322 (Vang) Sustainable aviation fuel definition amended.
1:06:31 - HF4323 (Vang) Minnesota Rural Finance Authority provisions modified.
1:09:00 - HF4164 (Rehm) Pest control provisions modified.
Runs 1 hour, 15 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 5 2024 - Archive Video
01:29 - HF4547 (Vang) Eligibility and applicant priority for farm down payment assistance grants modified.
35:39 - HF3763 (Vang) Base funding for agricultural growth, research, and innovation program increased.
50:51 - HF4044 (Jacob) Property tax credit established for acres certified under Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 29 2024 - Archive Video
00:47 - Minnesota Future Farmers of America.
04:56 - Presentation on nitrates in soil.
46:08 - HF4135 (Hansen) Agricultural fertilizer research fee and program extended by one year, drinking-water fee established for nitrogen fertilizer and private well drinking-water assistance program, testing of biosolids for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances required, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 22 2024 - Archive Video
00:35 - Nitrates in soil.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 20 2024 - Archive Video
00:17 - Office of Broadband Development.
36:44 - Board of Animal Health.
Runs 1 hour, 5 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 15 2024 - Archive Video
03:16 - Department of Agriculture.
46:49 - Agricultural Utilization Research Institute.
1:05:46 - Agricultural Research, Education, Extension and Technology Transfer.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.
Conference Committee on SF1955
Saturday, May 6 2023 - Archive Video
SF1955 (Vang/Putnam) Agriculture, broadband and rural development finance bill.
00:12 -- Introductory comments.
07:24 -- Adoption of agreed upon budget and language.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 30 2023 - Archive Video
00:35 - HF2278 (Vang) Agriculture finance and policy bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
00:55 -- Public testimony on HF2278.
04:48 -- Mark-up of HF2278.
1:10:58 -- Vote on HF2278.
Runs 1 hour, 12 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 28 2023 - Archive Video
(No audio for the first :10 because the audio was not turned on in the hearing room).
00:33 - HF2278 (Vang) Agriculture finance and policy bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
03:14 -- Walk-through on HF2278.
39:01 -- Public testimony for HF2278.
Runs 1 hour, 38 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 23 2023 - Archive Video
00:55 - HF2773 (Vang) Hemp fiber processing equipment grant program established, research and equipment grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
04:51 - HF2946 (Vang) Hemp provisions amended.
12:20 - HF2861 (Vang) Minnesota dairy farmer grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
24:21 - HF1587 (Vang) Agriculture policy bill.
-- Markup and passage.
29:02 - HF2784 (Sencer-Mura) Farming incubator project funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 48 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 21 2023 - Archive Video
00:38 - Remarks by Dan Glessing, the President of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation.
02:50 - HF1587 (Vang) Agriculture policy bill (as amended with the DE amendment).
- Walkthrough and public testimony.
12:17 - HF2387 (Hansen) Fur farmer registration requirements modified, commercial permits for restricted species eliminated, and feral pigs and mink report required.
26:40 - HF2142 (Tabke) Grant program established to prevent wolf-livestock conflict, and money appropriated.
35:19 - HF127 (Burkel) Wolf and elk depredation payment funding provided, and money appropriated.
44:27 - HF2299 (Anderson, Paul) Deer abatement and crop damage report funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 1 minute.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee – part 1
Thursday, March 16 2023 - Archive Video
01:54 - Department of Agriculture FarmLink presentation.
09:42 - HF2110 (Wolgamott) Center for Rural Policy and Development grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
20:38 - HF860 (Petersburg) Local food promotion and education event funding provided, and money appropriated.
30:57 - HF2288 (Tabke) University of Minnesota; farm scale winter greenhouse research and development funding provided, and money appropriated.
45:21 - HF695 (Frederick) Agriculture-related business assistance funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
54:41 - HF1606 (Burkel) Minnesota Turf Seed Council grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:02:09 - HF2563 (Cha) Meat, poultry, egg, and milk processing facilities funding provided, and money appropriated.
The committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 16 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee – part 2
Thursday, March 16 2023 - Archive Video
HF2562 (Sencer-Mura) Commissioner of agriculture funding provided for grants to partner organizations to assist meat and poultry processors with hiring and training new employees, and money appropriated.
17:02 - HF2278 (Vang) Board of Animal Health funding provided, and money appropriated.
22:41 - HF1361 (Vang) Community development financial institutions technical assistance grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
38:02 - HF2679 (Vang) Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, and Office of Broadband Development budgets established; money transferred to border-to-border broadband fund account; policy and technical changes made to agriculture provisions; fees modified; accounts created; reports required; civil penalties provided; and money appropriated.
58:24 - HF1585 (Vang) Nonnative Phragmites added to noxious weeds provisions.
1:00:21 - HF2472 (Hansen) New program for systemic pesticide-treated seed established, new account in agricultural fund established, and money appropriated.
Runs 2 hours, 2 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 14 2023 - Archive Video
(No audio at the start because audio was not turned on in the hearing room).
01:20 - HF1747 (Pursell) Next generation farmer development program established, report required, and money appropriated.
19:35 - HF1057 (Vang) Agriculture; down payment assistance grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
49:51 - HF2718 (Cha) Grain indemnity account established, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 34 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 9 2023 - Archive Video
00:53 - HF1497 (Pursell) False labeling of pesticide-treated plants as pollinator friendly prohibited.
24:29 - HF1130 (Tabke) Cities authorized to adopt pesticide control ordinances.
1:04:06 - HF1150 (Hansen) Registration for pesticides containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance prohibited.
1:20:14 - HF1317 (Hansen) Terms defined; use, storage, disposal, and sale of pesticide-treated seed regulated; label statements for pesticide-treated seed required; consumer guidance required; rulemaking required; and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 35 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 7 2023 - Archive Video
01:14 - HF1585 (Vang) Nonnative Phragmites added to noxious weeds provisions.
03:09 - HF2277 (Vang) Eligibility for Beginning Farmer Tax Credit modified for sale of agricultural asset, credit administration funding provided, sunset of credit repealed, and money appropriated.
29:20 - HF2313 (Pursell) Border-to-border broadband grant program modified, and money appropriated.
56:28 - HF1799 (Cha) Dairy industry regulating provisions modified.
1:02:38 - HF1638 (Sencer-Mura) Nursery and plant protection provisions modified.
1:06:10 - HF1678 (Pursell) Genetically engineered organisms provisions modified.
1:13:22 - HF1868 (Rehm) Agriculture; international marketing funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 28 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 2 2023 - Archive Video
00:43 - HF1302 (Nelson, N.) Funding provided to establish a meat and poultry processing certification navigator, and money appropriated.
13:33 - HF23 (Wolgamott) Safe workplaces for meat and poultry processing workers provided, report required, and money appropriated.
1:12:13 - HF1473 (Frederick) Agricultural Utilization Research Institute funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:14:27 - HF1475 (Frederick) Agricultural Utilization Research Institute funding provided for specified purposes, and money appropriated.
1:20:29 - HF1303 (Nelson, N.) Meat and poultry processor training funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 27 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 1 2023 - Archive Video
00:40 - HF2043 (Pursell) Farm-to-school program established, and money appropriated.
28:13 - HF1981 (Rehm) Good food access program funded, and money transferred.
50:39 - HF1637 (Sencer-Mura) Urban agriculture grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:03:31 - HF1744 (Sencer-Mura) The Good Acre grant funding provided for the Local Emergency Assistance Farmer Fund program, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 39 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 28 2023 - Archive Video
01:02 - HF1492 (Klevorn) University of Minnesota; Forever Green Initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
25:58 - HF1645 (Brand) Continuous living cover crops and cropping systems funding provided, and money appropriated.
44:45 - HF1314 (Pursell) Carbon storage contract provisions prohibited.
50:24 - HF1316 (Pursell) Soil health financial assistance program established, pilot program modified, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 17 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 21 2023 - Archive Video
01:29 - Minnesota Board of Animal Health Farmed Cervidae Program legislative update.
29:05 - HF911 (Hansen) Board of Animal Health modified.
1:04:29 - HF1202 (Becker-Finn) Animal health; data classified, owners of farmed Cervidae requirements modified, registrations prohibited, civil liability established, federal fund disposition modified, live-animal testing for chronic wasting disease required, Board of Animal Health duties transferred to commissioner of natural resources, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 40 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 16 2023 - Archive Video
01:01 - Grain indemnity.
- Department of Agriculture.
30:03 - HF475 (Hansen) Bioincentive payment recipients additional information required.
48:03 - HF1474 (Frederick) Agriculture; report required, biofuel financial assistance funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:00:12 - HF1477 (Tabke) Advanced biofuel, renewable chemical, and biomass thermal production incentive provisions modified, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 19 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 14 2023 - Archive Video
01:36 - Second Harvest Heartland.
06:29 - HF1554 (Fredrick) Second Harvest Heartland; reports required, grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
40:45 - HF1034 (Pursell) Cooperative grant program eligibility modified, and money appropriated.
1:07:04 - Minnesota Milk Producers Association.
Runs 1 hour, 27 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 9 2023 - Archive Video
00:49 - Minnesota Agricultural Education and Leadership Council presentation.
15:31 - HF1431 (Tabke) Minnesota Agricultural Education and Leadership Council grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
33:43 - Future Farmers of America presentation.
56:10 - 4-H presentation.
1:08:04 - HF1147 (Hansen) Agriculture research, education, extension, and technology transfer grant program and Farm Business Management challenge grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 28 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 7 2023 - Archive Video
00:32 - Overviews of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and African Swine Fever Virus.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 2 2023 - Archive Video
00:32 - HF47 (Hansen) Pollinator research funding provided, money transferred, and money appropriated.
03:40 - HF100 (Stephenson) Cannabis; various provisions added or changed relating to Office of Cannabis Management; advisory councils; sales and use reports; legal and limited possession and use; business licensing, inspection, and regulation; flower and product testing; labeling; advertisement; private resident cultivation; medical program; sales taxes; grants and loans; criminal penalties; expungement procedures; labor standards; temporary regulation of edible products; professional license protection; scheduling; data; miscellaneous and clarifying and technical changes; and money appropriated.
1:20:45 - Further consideration of HF47 (Hansen) Pollinator research funding provided, money transferred, and money appropriated.
1:22:26 - HF352 (Hansen) University of Minnesota; heritage oilseed and grain initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:26:27 - HF80 (Anderson, Paul) County agricultural inspector grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 28 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, January 26 2023 - Archive Video
00:37 - Overview of the governor’s budget request for broadband.
10:43 - Overview by Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection Division.
1:02:46 - HF47 (Hansen) Pollinator research funding provided, money transferred, and money appropriated.
1:13:56 - HF352 (Hansen) University of Minnesota; heritage oilseed and grain initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:25:08 - HF80 (Anderson, Paul) County agricultural inspector grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, January 24 2023 - Archive Video
00:48 - Governor’s budget presentation.
- Commissioner Thom Petersen.
Runs 1 hour, 16 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, January 19 2023 - Archive Video
*No audio/video feed for first few minutes due to technical issues.
Committee recessed and reconvened to accommodate.
00:05 - Overview presentation from the Department of Agriculture Finance and Budget.
29:55 - HF103 (Burkel) Rural Finance Authority funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
39:16 - HF463 (Vang) Rural Finance Authority funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Runs 43 mintues.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, January 17 2023 - Archive Video
00:58 - Office of Broadband Development presentation.
- Bree Maki, Director.
37:12 - Overview of the Governor's Broadband Task Force Annual Report.
- Teddy Bekele, Chair.
Runs 51 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, January 12 2023 - Archive Video
**No audio until 01:25 due to technical issues.
01:25 - Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation Program.
- Department of Agriculture.
30:16 - Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Tech Transfer.
- University of Minnesota.
Runs 1 hour, 15 minutes.
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, January 10 2023 - Archive Video
00:21 - Introductions.
07:41 - Overview.
- Colbey Sullivan, House Research Department.
- Ken Savary, House Fiscal Analysis Department.
22:02 - Department of Agriculture presentation.
46:28 - Board of Animal Health presentation.
1:05:33 - Agricultural Utilization Research Institute presentation.
- Shannon Shlecht, Executive Director.
- Dan Skogen, Director of Government and Industry Relations.
Runs 1 hour, 23 minutes.