Mandate Details

Description:	Report on Farm Down Payment Assistance Grants, including: (1) background information on beginning farmers in Minnesota and any other information that the commissioner and authority find relevant to evaluating the effect of the grants on increasing opportunities for and the number of beginning farmers; (2) the number and amount of grants; (3) the geographic distribution of grants by county; (4) the number of grant recipients who are emerging farmers; (5) disaggregated data regarding the gender, race, and ethnicity of grant recipients; (6) the number of farmers who cease to own land and are subject to payment of a penalty, along with the reasons for the land ownership cessation; and (7) the number and amount of grant applications that exceeded the allocation available in each year.
Law:	2022 Minn. Laws Chap. 95 Art. 2 Sec. 10
Statute:	17.133 Subd. 3
Agency(ies)/Supplier(s):	Minn. Dept. of Agriculture
Due Date:	12/01/2024
Frequency:	Annual
Subjects:	Agriculture - Finance
Committee/Agency Jurisdiction:	Agriculture Economic Development/Growth Jobs and Economic Development/Growth

Title	Publisher(s)	Publication Date	Coverage	Date Received	Report Link	Call #
Down Payment Assistance Grant Legislative Report	Minn. Dept. of Agriculture - Rural Finance Authority	December 7, 2023	FY 2023	12/07/2023	23-1946.pdf