Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF2106

Creating a temporary dairy farming task force to improve the climate for
operating dairy farms in the state, specifying membership requirements;
requiring the task force to study the impact of current and projected trends in
dairy farming on dairy farmers and processors and to provide a strategic plan to
make Minnesota the number one dairy state in the nation; requiring the
commissioner of agriculture to provide resources and staff support to the task
force and authorizing task force contracts through the commissioner with
nonstate providers for research or other services; requiring the task force to
hold a certain number of public hearings in agricultural regions including dairy
facility tours and to report to the legislature by a certain date (mk)