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Minn. bill would let commercial feed businesses employ veterinarians to address rural shortages
Summary
Representative Joe Murphy introduced House File 2878 to the House Ag Finance and Policy Committee, proposing to allow businesses holding commercial feed licenses to employ veterinarians as a means to expand veterinary services in rural Minnesota.
Representative Joe Murphy introduced House File 2878 to the House Ag Finance and Policy Committee, proposing to allow businesses holding commercial feed licenses to employ veterinarians as a means to expand veterinary services in rural Minnesota.
Murphy said the bill’s purpose is “to improve opportunities for veterinarians, new and the ones that are aging out, to improve availability for needed services for livestock producers and pet owners.” He told the committee that changes made in 1997 restricted veterinary employment to veterinarian-owned businesses and that opening employment to commercial feed businesses would give aging veterinarians more options when transitioning…
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