Agricultural Department
Rulemaking authority, Minn. Statutes 2005 235.01
Agricultural products, grain defined as, Minn. Statutes 2005 273.13
Analysis, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.04, 17B.041
Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.07, 17B.12
Arbitration, grading disputes, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.05
Barley, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.41, 17.53, 17.63
Buckwheat, weights and measures, standards, Minn. Statutes 2005 239.32
Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.14
Chemically treated grain, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.41 to 17.44
Commingling, grain banks, Minn. Statutes 2005 236.05
Confiscation, chemically treated grain, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.44
Contracts and agreements, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.90, 17.9442
Corn, see CORN
Damage, hunting or fishing, Minn. Statutes 2005 97B.001
Definitions
Chemically treated grain, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.41
Classification of property, Minn. Statutes 2005 273.13
Game and fish laws, Minn. Statutes 2005 97A.015
Genetically engineered organisms, Minn. Statutes 2005 18F.02
Grain Buyers Act, Minn. Statutes 2005 223.16
Grain Inspection, Weighing, Sampling, and Analysis Act, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.02
Grain Storage Act, Minn. Statutes 2005 232.21
Screenings Act, Minn. Statutes 2005 21.72
Discrimination
Agriculture Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 235.01
Enforcement of law, Minn. Statutes 2005 235.18
Sale or purchase, Minn. Statutes 2005 235.10
Dockage, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.07
Elevators, see GRAIN ELEVATORS
Energy production from, see BIOMASS
Enforcement of laws
Agriculture Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.28, 235.10, 235.18
Ethanol derived from, see Ethanol under ETHYL ALCOHOL
Examination of cars, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.20
Fees
Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.07
Collection, deposit, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.15
Grading, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.04
Inspection, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.12, 17B.15
Weighing, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.15
Fines, grain inspection violations, depositing, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.15
Flax, see under CROPS
Forage grain
Forward sale contracts, banks, liability limitations, Minn. Statutes 2005 48.24
Funds and accounts
Contract feeding, separate accounts, Minn. Statutes 2005 31B.06
Grades and grading
Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.07, 17B.12
Disputes, samples, arbitration, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.05
Dockage, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.07
Establishment, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.07
Fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.04
Grain Standards Board, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.07
Minnesota grades, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.07
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.07, 17B.28
Samples, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.03, 17B.04
Grain banks, see GRAIN BANKS
Grain buyers, see GRAIN BUYERS
Grain exchanges
Agriculture Department, supervision, Minn. Statutes 2005 235.01
Grain Inspection, Weighing, Sampling, and Analysis Act
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.01 to 17B.29
Grain quality, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.0451
Grain Standards Board, see GRAIN STANDARDS BOARD
Handling facilities
Defined as rural agricultural business, Minn. Statutes 2005 160.292
Elevators, see GRAIN ELEVATORS
Specific service signs, Minn. Statutes 2005 160.292 to 160.296
Hybrid seed field corn, Minn. Statutes 2005 21.891, 21.90
Inspections
Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.07, 17B.12
Export grain inspection certification logs, review, Minn. Statutes 2005 18G.10
Federal grain inspection service, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.13
Fees, lien on grain, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.15
Fines, depositing, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.15
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.04
Grain Inspection, Weighing, Sampling, and Analysis Act, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.01 to 17B.29
Interhouse transfers, run for grade, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.11
Minimum charge, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.15
Request, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.11
Inspectors
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.11
Falsely impersonating, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.22
Licenses, United states Grain Standards Act, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.13
Misconduct, penalties, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.22
Qualifications, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.16
Removal, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.17
Insurance
Hail, cyclone, tornado, and hurricane insurance, coverage, Minn. Statutes 2005 66A.26
Mutual creamery fire insurance companies, coverage, Minn. Statutes 2005 66A.08
Investigations, Agriculture Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 235.01
Labels and labeling, chemically treated grain, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.44
Laboratories, evaluation, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.03
Liability, state, tests, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.041
Liens, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.15
Loads, averaging, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.048
Minnesota Board of Grain Standards, see GRAIN STANDARDS BOARD
Oats, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.41, 216B.2424, 239.32
Orders, chemically treated grain
Confiscation and disposition, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.44
Prices
Determining, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.041, 17B.05
Discount price, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.02
Price-later contracts, agricultural, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.9442
Processing, grain banks, see GRAIN BANKS
Producers
Agricultural contracts, grain buyers, exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.90
Claims, breach of contract, Minn. Statutes 2005 223.17
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2005 223.16, 232.21
Unlicensed producers, purchase from, Minn. Statutes 2005 223.17
Purchasers, option to average loads, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.048
Records and record keeping
Examination of cars, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.20
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.14
Removal of employees, misconduct, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.17
Rye, weights and measures, standards, Minn. Statutes 2005 239.32
Sale
Seller, option to average loads, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.048
Violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.43
Samples
Grading, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.03, 17B.04
Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.03, 17B.04
Notice, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.05
Standard samples, furnishing to warehouse operators, request, payment, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.10
Transportation, Minn. Statutes 2005 221.025
Scales
Testing, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.03
Seed Law, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2005 21.74, 21.87
Sellers
Agricultural contracts, grain buyers, exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.90
Averaging loads, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.048
Reports given, federal reports, copies, Minn. Statutes 2005 31B.03
Sorghum, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.41, 216B.2424, 239.32
Standards board, see GRAIN STANDARDS BOARD
State grain, wild rice, Minn. Statutes 2005 1.148
Storage, see GRAIN STORAGE
Stored forage crops, crop damage, Minn. Statutes 2005 97A.028
Supervision, Agriculture Department, Minn. Statutes 2005 235.01
Tests, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.041, 17B.05
Transportation
Common carriers, receipts, Minn. Statutes 2005 235.05
Covering loads, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.81
Railroad cars, load indicators, Minn. Statutes 2005 235.04
Safety, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2005 221.031
Samples, Minn. Statutes 2005 221.025
Vehicle identification, Minn. Statutes 2005 221.031
Unfair trade practices
Agriculture Department, Minn. Statutes 2005 235.01
United States Grain Standards Act
Standards, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.03
Violations and penalties
Breaking of seals, unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.20
Chemically treated grain, sales violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 17.43
Employee misconduct, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.22
False impersonation of inspector, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.22
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 235.13
Obstructing weigher, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.18
Weed-seed infested seeds, Minn. Statutes 2005 21.73, 21.74, 21.77
Warehouses, see GRAIN WAREHOUSES
Weed-seed infested seeds, violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 21.73, 21.74, 21.77
Weighers
Appointment, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.13
Obstructing, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.18
Qualifications, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.16
Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.14
Removal, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.17
Weighing
Agriculture Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.03
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.15
Official weight, evidence of quantity, Minn. Statutes 2005 17B.04
Wheat, see WHEAT