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Dayton deals Minnesota farmers another blow with more vetoes

Minnesota commodity groups say Governor Dayton has dealt farmers another major blow by vetoing two more bills containing legislation important to agriculture.

Dayton struck down the Omnibus Supplemental Budget Bill, which would’ve provided $250,000 dollars for mental health and counseling for rural Minnesota.

The Governor also vetoed the Omnibus Tax Bill that Minnesota Pork CEO David Preisler says contained valuable legislation for farmers.

“Not only the Section 179 depreciation, but we also had a couple of pieces into the tax bill looking at Ag Homestead.  We’ve had some interpretations by the Department of Revenue that have really been troublesome and have cost farmers in some cases an awful lot of money.”

Earlier this week, Dayton vetoed the Omnibus Ag Policy Bill.

Minnesota Soybean Growers Association president Michael Petefish says Minnesotans need help and these vetoes did nothing to help their members.  He calls Dayton’s governance radical and extreme.

As Dayton’s time as governor winds down, Preisler tells Brownfield it’s been a struggle to deal with the Governor’s Office related to agricultural policy.

Preisler says without a special session, which the Governor has indicated he has no interest in, agriculture will have to wait another year for solutions to these and other issues.

The Minnesota Corn Growers say while disappointed in the veto of the tax bill, the Association will continue to communicate the importance of Section 179 conformity and work to advance agricultural tax relief in future legislative sessions.

 

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