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AgBMP Loan Program

Recipient

Farmers, Rural Landowners, and Agricultural Supply Businesses

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$75,000

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$75,000

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$75,000

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$75,000

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$200,000

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$200,000

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,500,000

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,500,000

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,500,000

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,000,000

Fund Source

Clean Water Fund

The AgBMP Loan Program provides needed funding for local implementation of clean water practices at an extremely low cost, is unique in its structure and is not duplicated by any other source of funding.The AgBMP loan program provides 3% loans through local lenders to farmers, rural landowners, and agriculture supply businesses.

Livestock Environmental Quality Assurance Program (LEQA)

Recipient

Ag Resource Strategies, LLC

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$300,000

Fund Source

Clean Water Fund

LEQA is a Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) program to help livestock producers address, using a non-regulatory approach, the unique water quality issues on their farms. The MDA has contracted with Ag Resource Strategies, LLC, to recruit farmers to enroll in the LEQA program. The company trains technicians to assess different areas of each farms, such as the farmstead, livestock facilities, fields and wooded areas. The technicians then develop an environmental assessment and identify financial assistance for these projects.