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Senate hearing: Minnesota‑made fertilizer grant bill laid over after testimony from farmers and industry
Summary
Senator Lang introduced Senate File 303, a proposal to create a grant program supporting in‑state fertilizer blending/processing. Testimony from farmer Randy Tersteeg described opportunities and startup costs; the committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion.
Senate File 303, sponsored by Sen. Andrew Lang, would establish a Minnesota‑made fertilizer grant program to encourage local blending and processing of fertilizer coproducts. Lang introduced the bill during the March 5 Senate Agriculture and Rural Development Committee meeting and said the proposal has been discussed in multiple sessions.
"A lot of the fertilizer that's produced, or I should say, utilized in the state of Minnesota, comes from outside the state," Sen. Lang said. He described the bill as a grant program whose dollar amount would be determined…
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