Minnesota Legislative Session ends with a number of pieces left on the table

Several proposals that would impact Minnesota farmers remain in limbo as the 2022 Legislative Session comes to a close.

Minnesota Farmers Union government relations director Stu Lourey tells Brownfield the House and Senate could not reach deals related to major spending items like bonding, healthcare, and taxes.

“We’re leaving a ton of infrastructure dollars from the federal government on the table without a spending deal, we’d be walking away without an historic tax bill, the largest tax cut in state history including meaningful relief for farmers, and a number of other pieces.”

Lourey says the $4 billion tax bill would expand the nation-leading Beginning Farmer Tax Credit to family members for sale of agricultural properties and increase the Ag to School Tax Credit to 85 percent.

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