Legislative Update: Minnesota House bill aims to remove fencing rules for deer farms

On Monday, March 24, the House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee laid over for possible inclusion in an upcoming bill H.F. 40. The bill would remove the secondary fencing requirement for cervidae farms and prohibit the Minnesota DNR from killing or seizing farmed deer if a farmer is out of compliance with rules.
“If a cattle farmer doesn’t follow a rule, they might pay a fine, but their cattle aren’t taken away from them and destroyed,” said Rep. John Burkel, R-Badger, author of H.F. 40.

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