The Minnesota Deer Farmers Association (MDFA) opposes the Minnesota Department of Natural Resourcesâ (DNR) emergency rule temporarily prohibiting the movement of all farmed white-tailed deer within the state, effective through the end of July 2021. Preventing and minimizing the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is very important to MDFA, as its membersâ livelihoods depend on the health of their deer and the ability to move their deer within and outside the state. The DNRâs emergency rulemaking is improper, however, because it is based on inaccurate and incomplete evidence and because the Legislature delegated authority to the Board of Animal Health (BAH), not the DNR, to regulate farmed deer.