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BMP CHALLENGE Experience: Cannon River Watershed Partnership
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BMP CHALLENGE Experience:Cannon River Watershed Partnership
Information provided by:Dave LegvoldExecutive DirectorCannon River Watershed Partnership
Experiences
Partnership Mission
To protect and improve the surface and ground water resources as well as natural systems ofthe watershed through:
*Education
*Advocacy
*Monitoring and scientific analysis
*Conservation
Experiences
Agriculture Management
Current Three-legged Stool of Management:
IncentivesFarm program counter-incentives
Education Private-public mix of messages
RegulationAlmost absent (exception – feedlots)
Agriculture Management
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Total Resource Management
Connects producers with specific operations in their local area as experts.
Centered on farm management systems
Linked to federal, state and local funding and resources
Focused on achieving non-point source load reduction through increased adoption of agriculture BMPs
Agriculture Management
Experiences
Crop Nutrient Management – Manure Application
• U of MN recommendations for N and P
• Regular soil testing
• Manure testing
• Manure injection & incorporation
• Adjust manure rates to P uptake rather than N need and apply additional N as needed
Agriculture Management
Experiences
Erosion Control
• Rotational average 30% surface crop residue
• “Studies show that targeted conservation practices on 7% to 10% of land in a watershed can reduce sediment delivery by up to 70%”
- Tom Vilsack
• Use innovation to reduce tillage and retain residue
Experiences
Agriculture Management
Re-balancing the Three-legged Stool of Management:
IncentivesConnecting to farmers by starting with their
farming system(s)
Education Prime, package and publicize
Regulation to RecognitionSuccessful voluntary adoption is the better way
Experiences
2006 Experiences
Education
Brian Brandt
Nutrient and Tillage Workshop
July 12, 2006
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2006 Experiences
Innovation
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2006 Experiences
Adoption
Row-incorporated low rate manure application at 1500 gallons/acre.
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2006 Experiences
Results
Tillage Cost Savings Calculation
1. Tillage cost per acre, Check Strip $ 13.23 per acre
2. Tillage cost per acre, Reduced Tillage acres $ 5.00 per acre
3. Net tillage cost savings (item 1 minus item 2) $ 8.23 per acre
Net Economic Return Calculation
4. Reduced Tillage BMP Strip yield per acre 83.2 bu/acre
5. Check Strip yield per acre 158.2 bu/acre
6. Value of BMP Strip yield (Line 3 times $2.20) $ 183.04 per acre
7. Value of Check Strip yield (Line 4 times $2.20) $ 348.04 per acre
8. Value differential (Line 6 minus item 7) $ -165.00 per acre
9. Net economic return (Line 3 plus item 8) $ -156.77 per acre
If Line 9 is greater than zero, no performance guarantee payment is needed. Go to farmercontribution, Line 11. 5.3 acres at $156.77/acre= $830.88
Try a better way…with support from the BMP CHALLENGE!
Experiences
2006 Experiences