(a) The Division of Correction shall make maximum utilization of the farm lands of the various institutions of the division through the use of modern agricultural machinery, equipment, and technology in producing crops and livestock for use in feeding prisoners and for sale on the market to produce income for the maintenance and operation of the institutions of the division.
(b) The Director of the Division of Correction, with the approval of the Board of Corrections, shall promulgate necessary rules for the operation of the farming and livestock activities of the various institutions of the division, the employment of personnel, the assignment of inmate labor, and other activities as may be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes as provided in this section.