Law on agriculture.

The present Law is meant to ensure the conservation and promotion of agriculture. It regulates the enforcement of federal legislation on agriculture and forms the basis for cantonal measures to be issued at a later stage. It promotes a market-oriented agriculture within a sustainable exploitation of nature in harmony with the environment, society and economy. The Canton promotes, inter alia, the improvement of agricultural structures, as well as the creation and conservation of a healthy livestock. Article 2 establishes that the Canton appoints an Agriculture Commission advising the Agriculture Office both on basic questions and in the implementation of the cantonal agricultural policy. The text consists of 31 articles divided into 8 Parts as follows: General provisions (A); Competent authorities (B); Improvement of basic structures (C); Subsidies by the Canton (D); Production (E); Animal health and animal waste (F); Miscellaneous provisions (G); Final provisions (H).