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Bill would allow very small "market" farms to qualify for agricultural homestead tax credit
Summary
Representative Herr and farmers’ advocates urged support for House File 1522 to let market farmers on under 11 contiguous acres qualify for the agricultural homestead tax credit if they demonstrate market income; testifiers said the change would help beginning and small specialty farmers remain viable.
House File 1522, carried by Representative Herr, would allow small market farmers cultivating less than 11 contiguous acres to qualify for the agricultural homestead (ag homestead) tax credit if they meet specified income tests or demonstrate market-farming activity.
Kelsey Zavedra, president of the Chisago County Farmers Union and a specialty-crop farmer, testified she operates a full-time farming…
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