Comments: NY A04590 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly
Bill Title: Enacts the "New York farmer recruitment and retention act of 2011"; directs the board of regents and the education department to investigate and study undergraduate agricultural programs with the goal of identifying programs which encourage entry into agricultural production; establishes agriculture producer scholarships for students who agree to be agriculture producers in the state for a certain period of time after graduation; establishes the producer's loan foregiveness program; directs the board of regents and the education department to establish and implement an outreach program to encourage elementary and secondary school students to enter the agricultural field; directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to report to the governor and the legislature on reducing taxation on land used in agricultural production; appropriates funds therefor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to agriculture [A04590 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to agriculture [A04590 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
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