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      1. Business & Marketing
        1. Corporate Farm Information
        2. Food Business Development
        3. Exporting & International Trade
        4. Economic Analysis & Market Research
        5. Wholesale Directory
      2. Resources for Farmers
        1. Beginning Farmer Tax Credit
        2. Disaster and Dairy Financing Options
        3. Farmer Stress
        4. Farm, Property, Real Estate Listing (MN FarmLink)
      3. Disaster & Cleanup Assistance
        1. Agriculture Chemical Response & Reimbursement Account
        2. Elk Damage Compensation
        3. Wolf Depredation
      4. Animals & Livestock
        1. Livestock Dealer Licensing
        2. Livestock Resources
      5. Loans
        1. Disaster Recovery Loan
        2. Aggie Bond Loan
        3. Agricultural Best Management Practices (AgBMP) Loan
        4. Beginning Farmer Loan
        5. Farm Opportunity Loan
        6. Rural Finance Authority
        7. Loan Comparison Chart
        8. View all Loans & Funding
      6. Grants
        1. Agricultural Growth, Research & Innovation (AGRI) Program
        2. Dairy Assistance, Investment, and Relief Initiative (DAIRI)
        3. Livestock Investment (AGRI)
        4. Value-Added (AGRI)
        5. Farm to School (AGRI)
        6. Crop Research (AGRI)
        7. Good Food Access Program
        8. Specialty Crop
        9. Soil Fertility
        10. View all Grants & Funding
      7. More Business Development, Loans, Grants Topics
  • Environment, Sustainability
      1. Conservation
        1. Minnesota Ag Water Quality Certification Program
        2. Best Management Practices
      2. Organic Agriculture
        1. Organic Agriculture
        2. Minnesota Organic Conference
      3. Renewable Energy
        1. AGRI Bioenergy/Biochemical Pilot Project Grant
        2. AGRI Bioincentive Program
        3. AGRI Biofuel Blending Infrastructure Grant
        4. Biodiesel
        5. Ethanol
        6. Manure Digesters
      4. Water Protection
        1. Clean Water Fund Activities
        2. Minnesota Ag Water Quality Certification Program
        3. Water Monitoring Programs
      5. Farmland Protection
        1. Farmland Protection
      6. More Environment, Sustainability Topics
  • Pesticide, Fertilizer
      1. Pesticides
        1. Pesticide Overview
        2. Apply, Register, Store, Sell
        3. Pesticide Use & Sales Data
        4. Monitoring Pesticides in Water
        5. Plants & Insects
        6. Regulation, Inspection & Enforcement
        7. Dicamba
        8. View all Specific Pesticides
      2. Fertilizers
        1. Fertilizer Overview
        2. Apply, Register, Store, Sell
        3. Fertilizer Use & Sales Data
        4. Monitoring Nitrate in Water
        5. Ag Lime
        6. Anhydrous Ammonia Program
        7. Certified Testing Laboratories (soil & manure)
        8. Fertilizer Practices
      3. Best Management Practices
        1. Nitrogen Fertilizer BMPs
        2. Pest Control without Pesticide BMPs
        3. Pesticide BMPs
        4. Pollinator Habitat BMPs
        5. Turfgrass BMPs
      4. Safety & Cleanup
        1. Spills & Cleanup
        2. Waste Pesticide Disposal
        3. Health & Safety
      5. File a Misuse Complaint
        1. Pesticide & Fertilizer Complaints
      6. Registered Product Search
        1. Find Pesticide, Fertilizer Products
      7. Licensing & Registration
        1. Search Licenses
        2. License Lookup
        3. Fertilizer Tonnage Reporting & Inspection Fees
        4. Pesticide Dealer Licensing & Sales Reporting
      8. Clean Water Fund Activities
        1. Clean Water Fund Activities
      9. More Pesticide & Fertilizer Topics
  • Food, Feed
      1. Commercial Animal Feed
        1. Commercial Feed Program
        2. Certificate of Free Sale
      2. Pet Food
        1. Pet Food Program
      3. Food Safety
        1. Food Safety Information & Resources
        2. Secure Milk Supply Program
        3. Food Ingredients/Allergens
        4. Produce Safety Program
        5. Produce Safety & Inspections
        6. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
        7. Food Program Standards
        8. Antibiotic Stewardship
        9. View All Food Safety
      4. Resources for Food Businesses
        1. Meat & Poultry Processing
        2. Retail Meat & Poultry Processing Training Modules
        3. Venison Donation Processing
      5. Selling Food
        1. Meat, Poultry & Eggs
        2. Dairy Products
        3. Minnesota Food Code Facts
        4. Labeling Requirements
        5. Minnesota Grown
        6. Cottage Food
        7. Venison Donation
      6. Recalls & Complaints
        1. Report a Complaint
        2. Lookup a Recall
      7. Food Licensing
        1. Food License Wizard
        2. Food Licenses & Regulations
        3. Retail Food Plan Review
        4. Wholesale Produce License
        5. Manufactured Food Program
      8. More Food, Feed Topics
  • Plants, Insects
      1. Insect Pests & Diseases
        1. Report a Plant, Pest or Disease
        2. Emerald Ash Borer
        3. Gypsy Moth
        4. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
        5. Japanese Beetle
        6. Swede Midge
        7. Velvet Longhorned Beetle
        8. Bacterial Wilt and Canker of Tomato
        9. Potato Cyst Nematode
        10. View all Insect Pests & Diseases (Index)
      2. Pest Management
        1. Pest Regulations
        2. Biological Control of Emerald Ash Borer
        3. Gypsy Moth Treatments
        4. Pest Surveys
        5. Research
      3. Plants
        1. Industrial Hemp
        2. Nursery
        3. Noxious & Invasive Weed Program
        4. Cold Hardiness List
        5. Seed
        6. Grain
        7. Palmer Amaranth
        8. Noxious Weed Grant
      4. Beneficial Insects
        1. Pollinators
      5. Licensing
        1. Plants, Trees & Seed
        2. Grain
        3. Firewood
        4. View all Licensing
      6. More PLANTS, INSECTS topics
  • Licensing & Inspections
      1. License Services
        1. Apply for a License
        2. Renew with a PIN
        3. Make a Payment
        4. Search for a License Holder
        5. Payment Options
      2. File a Report
        1. Pesticide Sales Report
        2. Shell Egg Annual Report
        3. Retail Food Plan
      3. Learn, Apply, Renew or Train
        1. Crops
        2. Dairy, Milk
        3. Feed, Pet Food
        4. Fertilizers, Pesticides & Chemicals
        5. Food – Cottage, Retail, Wholesale
        6. Livestock
        7. Meat, Poultry, Eggs
        8. Plants, Trees & Seed
        9. Produce, Fruits, Vegetables, Grain
        10. Other
        11. View all Licenses
      4. View all Licensing & Inspections

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