Title: Corporate Farm Report -Corporation / LLC / LLP / Trust/Pension/Investment Fund
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Description:
Minn. Stat § 500.24 requires that all pension or investment funds, corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and irrevocable trusts must be certified by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) before engaging in farming or having an interest in agricultural land.
Subject: Agriculture
Corporations and Organizations
Creation Date: 7/10/2019 10:05:23 AM
Modification Date: 8/9/2024 9:51:51 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
Unit Name: Corporate Farm
Unit URL:
Unit Description:
Unit Phone: Unit Fax: Contact person(s): Lisa.Towry@state.mn.us
Unit URL:
Audience: Hold
Application URL:
Renewal URL:
Versa URL:
Requirements:
Review:
Minn. Stat § 500.24 requires that all pension or investment funds, corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and irrevocable trusts must be certified by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture before engaging in farming or having an interest in agricultural land.
The law was passed in 1971 to "encourage and protect the family farm as a basic economic unit, to insure it as the most socially desirable mode of agricultural production, and to enhance and promote the stability and well-being of rural society in Minnesota and the nuclear family."
The corporate farm law restricts business entities (Corporations, Limited Partnerships, Trusts, etc) from engaging in farming or having any type of interest in agricultural land unless they satisfy certain requirements.
Entities must complete a corporate farm application and send it to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (see application for mailing address). If the entity satisfies the requirements of the statute, the Department will send a certificate signed by the Commissioner stating that the entity is in compliance with the law.
Each year in February the Department will send out a renewal form to all certified entities to make sure the information on file at the Department is current. That report is due back to the Department by April 15th annually.
Rules:
Statutes: 500.24
Forms:
Fees:
$15 filing fee.
Period of Issuance:
Each year in February the Department will send out a renewal form to all certified entities to make sure the information on file at the Department is current. That report is due back to the Department by April 15th annually.
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Other Info:
Activity: Fertilizer
Liming Material
License Detail URL:
Minnesota's Corporate Farm Report
Licenses & Inspections Locator
Corporate Farm Lookup

