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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.

Identifying Best Management Practices and Barriers to Adoption

Recipient

Otter Tail, East SWCD

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$58,000

Fund Source

Clean Water Fund

The purpose of this project is to identify effective irrigation and nutrient management best management practices and technologies and the barriers that prevent irrigators, producers, and other agricultural partners from adopting them in Otter Tail County. The primary goal is to reduce nitrate in areas where groundwater is susceptible to contamination as mapped by The Minnesota Department of Health by identifying effective BMPs and addressing the barriers to their adoption.