MFBF on the Hill

Over 170 Minnesota Farm Bureau members were at the State Capitol on National Agriculture Day to meet with lawmakers. MFBF President Dan Glessing said it is important the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Department is adequately funded. “In the State of Minnesota, the budget for the ag department is only half a percent of the state budget. Look at what the Department of Agriculture does for the economic drivers in this state as well as the livelihoods of people all over the state, we ask them to do a lot of things, more and more every year with limited resources.” Adjustments to the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit are being sought. “Another one would be a sales tax exclusion for grain bins and that type of equipment, that’s another one that we’re looking at.”