ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota legislature is currently debating avian influenza response funding bills.
On April 24, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed an agricultural funding bill on a bipartisan vote of 130-3.
“We won worker protections for farm, poultry, and dairy workers and secured retail testing for milk and poultry products to address bird flu,” said Rep. Rick Hansen (DFL-South St. Paul) in a press statement.
The state House bill included:
- $225,000 per year over the next two years to aid farmers in installing bird flu prevention methods.
- $1 million. . .
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