§ 17.710 — Agricultural Contracts
Plain-Language Summary
This section bars confidentiality clauses that gag agricultural producers. For a production or marketing contract entered into, renewed, or amended on or after July 1, 2024, between a producer and a processor, marketer, or other purchaser (including a cooperative under chapter 308A or 308B), any provision prohibiting the producer from disclosing the contract's terms, conditions, and prices is void. The same rule applies to contracts entered into, renewed, or amended on or after July 1, 2023, between a producer and an entity buying, selling, certifying, or otherwise participating in a market for stored carbon.
17.710 AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTS.
(a) A production or marketing contract entered into, renewed, or amended on or after July 1, 2024, between an agricultural producer and a processor, marketer, or other purchaser of agricultural products, including a cooperative organized under chapter 308A or 308B, must not contain provisions that prohibit the producer from disclosing terms, conditions, and prices contained in the contract. Any provision prohibiting disclosure by the producer is void.
(b) A contract entered into, renewed, or amended on or after July 1, 2023, between an agricultural producer and an entity buying, selling, certifying, or otherwise participating in a market for stored carbon must not contain provisions that prohibit the producer from disclosing terms, conditions, and prices contained in the contract. Any provision prohibiting disclosure by the producer is void.
History:
1999 c 231 s 32; 2023 c 43 art 2 s 12; 2024 c 126 art 2 s 12; 2024 c 127 art 38 s 12
History: History: 1999 c 231 s 32; 2023 c 43 art 2 s 12; 2024 c 126 art 2 s 12; 2024 c 127 art 38 s 12