Bill Title: Enacts the "New York farmer recruitment and retention act"; 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 forgiveness 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 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to agriculture [A00940 Detail]

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Introduced	2019-01-14	HTML/Text	Link	View

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