Title: Screenings Purchase Permit
Alternate Title:
Description: Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA)
Subject: Screenings
Seeds
Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:17:09 PM
Modification Date: 8/9/2024 10:54:39 AM
Agency Name: Agriculture (MDA), Minnesota Department of
Agency URL: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/
Agency Description:
The mission of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is to enhance all Minnesotans’ quality of life by equitably ensuring the integrity of our food supply, the health of our environment, and the strength and resilience of our agricultural economy.
Agency Phone: 651-201-6000
800-967-2474
Agency Fax: Agency URL: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/
Agency Address:
625 N. Robert Street
St. Paul
MN
55155
Division Name: Plant Protection
Division URL:
Division Description:
Division Phone: Division Fax: Division URL:
Unit Name: Seed Regulatory Program
Unit URL:
Unit Description:
Unit Phone: 651-201-6309
Unit Fax: Contact person(s): seed.mda@state.mn.us
Unit URL:
Audience: Hold
Application URL:
Renewal URL:
Versa URL:
Requirements:
Review Screenings
Screenings are the by-products produced from cleaning seed to prepare it for sale to farmers for planting. Most of the material found in screenings is considered inert matter such as hulls or pieces of leaves and stems. Screenings might also include weed seed. Screenings are used in the manufacture of animal feed and potentially have other uses. The Minnesota Screenings Act (Minn, Stats. § 21.71-21.78) prohibits noxious weed seed in screenings sold in Minnesota. Noxious weeds are weeds that are highly objectionable due to their adverse affects on crops, livestock, human health or the environment. They are also regulated under the Minnesota Noxious Weed Law and the Minnesota Seed Law.
Rules:
Statutes: 21.74
Forms:
Screenings Permit Application (PDF)
Fees:
Annual Screenings Purchase Permit application fee - None
Period of Issuance:
January 1 - December 31.
Length of Determination: One day to one week.
Other Info:
Activity: Seeds
Screenings
License Detail URL:
Screenings
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