Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF1796 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to agriculture; modifying grant awards for the livestock investment grant
3	3	1.3 program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 17.118, subdivisions 1, 2,
4	4	1.4 3.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 17.118, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subdivision 1.Establishment Administration and grant awards.The commissioner
8	8	1.8may award a livestock investment grant to a person who raises livestock in this state equal
9	9	1.9to ten percent of the first $500,000 of qualifying expenditures, provided the person makes
10	10	1.10qualifying expenditures of at least $4,000 50 percent of the first $20,000 of qualifying
11	11	1.11expenditures and 20 percent of the next $220,000 of qualifying expenditures. The
12	12	1.12commissioner may award multiple livestock investment grants to a person over the life of
13	13	1.13the program and shall give preference to applicants who have not previously received a
14	14	1.14grant under this section.
15	15	1.15 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 17.118, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
16	16	1.16 Subd. 2.Definitions.(a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this
17	17	1.17subdivision have the meanings given them.
18	18	1.18 (b) "Livestock" means beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, poultry, goats, mules, farmed
19	19	1.19Cervidae, Ratitae, bison, sheep, horses, and llamas, rabbits, donkeys, and alpacas.
20	20	1.20 (c) "Qualifying expenditures" means the amount spent for:
21	21	1.21 (1) the acquisition, construction, or improvement of buildings or facilities for the
22	22	1.22production of livestock or livestock products;
23	23	1Sec. 2.
24	24	REVISOR BD/NS 25-0390102/13/25
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 1796
30	30	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31	31	Authored by Nelson, Cha, Frederick, Vang, Anderson, P. H., and others03/03/2025
32	32	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy 2.1 (2) the development of pasture for use by livestock including, but not limited to, the
33	33	2.2acquisition, development, or improvement of:
34	34	2.3 (i) lanes used by livestock that connect pastures to a central location;
35	35	2.4 (ii) watering systems for livestock on pasture including water lines, booster pumps, and
36	36	2.5well installations;
37	37	2.6 (iii) livestock stream crossing stabilization; and
38	38	2.7 (iv) fences; or
39	39	2.8 (3) the acquisition of equipment for livestock housing, confinement, feeding, and waste
40	40	2.9management including, but not limited to, the following:
41	41	2.10 (i) freestall barns;
42	42	2.11 (ii) watering facilities;
43	43	2.12 (iii) feed storage and handling equipment;
44	44	2.13 (iv) milking parlors;
45	45	2.14 (v) robotic equipment;
46	46	2.15 (vi) scales;
47	47	2.16 (vii) milk storage and cooling facilities;
48	48	2.17 (viii) bulk tanks;
49	49	2.18 (ix) computer hardware and software and associated equipment used to monitor the
50	50	2.19productivity and feeding of livestock;
51	51	2.20 (x) manure pumping and storage facilities;
52	52	2.21 (xi) swine farrowing facilities;
53	53	2.22 (xii) swine and cattle finishing barns;
54	54	2.23 (xiii) calving facilities;
55	55	2.24 (xiv) digesters;
56	56	2.25 (xv) equipment used to produce energy;
57	57	2.26 (xvi) on-farm processing facilities equipment;
58	58	2.27 (xvii) fences, including but not limited to farmed Cervidae perimeter fences required
59	59	2.28under section 35.155, subdivision 4; and
60	60	2Sec. 2.
61	61	REVISOR BD/NS 25-0390102/13/25 3.1 (xviii) livestock pens and corrals and sorting, restraining, and loading chutes.
62	62	3.2 Except for qualifying pasture development expenditures under clause (2), qualifying
63	63	3.3expenditures only include amounts that are allowed to be capitalized and deducted under
64	64	3.4either section 167 or 179 of the Internal Revenue Code in computing federal taxable income.
65	65	3.5Qualifying expenditures do not include an amount paid to refinance existing debt.
66	66	3.6 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 17.118, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
67	67	3.7 Subd. 3.Eligibility.To be eligible for a livestock investment grant, a person must be a
68	68	3.8representative of a Minnesota Tribal government as defined in section 10.65, subdivision
69	69	3.92, or:
70	70	3.10 (1) be a resident of Minnesota or an entity specifically defined in section 500.24,
71	71	3.11subdivision 2, that is eligible to own farmland and operate a farm in this state under section
72	72	3.12500.24;
73	73	3.13 (2) be the principal operator of the farm;
74	74	3.14 (3) hold a feedlot registration, if required; and
75	75	3.15 (4) apply to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner including a
76	76	3.16statement of the qualifying expenditures made during the qualifying period along with any
77	77	3.17proof or other documentation the commissioner may require.
78	78	3Sec. 3.
79	79	REVISOR BD/NS 25-0390102/13/25