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S02791 Summary:
| BILL NO | S02791 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A02236 |
| SPONSOR | BALL |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd S605, add S671-a, Ed L | |
| Enacts the "New York farmer recruitment and retention act of 2013"; 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. | |