17.117 AGRICULTURE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES LOAN PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of the agriculture best management practices loan program is to provide low or no interest financing to farmers, agriculture supply businesses, rural landowners, and water-quality cooperatives for the implementation of agriculture and other best management practices that reduce environmental pollution. Subd. 2. Authority. […]
17.118 LIVESTOCK INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner may award a livestock investment grant to a person who raises livestock in this state equal to ten percent of the first $500,000 of qualifying expenditures, provided the person makes qualifying expenditures of at least $4,000. The commissioner may award multiple livestock investment grants to […]
17.1195 FARM SAFETY GRANT AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. Subdivision 1. Tractor rollover grants. (a) The commissioner may award grants to Minnesota farmers and Minnesota schools that retrofit eligible tractors with eligible rollover protective structures. (b) Grants for farmers are limited to 70 percent of the farmer’s documented cost to purchase, ship, and install an eligible rollover […]
17.133 FARM DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE GRANTS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) “Eligible farmer” means an individual who at the time that the grant is awarded: (1) is a resident of Minnesota who intends to acquire farmland located within the state and provide the […]
