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BMP CHALLENGE Experience: Cannon River Watershed Partnership

BMP CHALLENGE Experience: Cannon River Watershed Partnership. Information provided by: Dave Legvold Executive Director Cannon River Watershed Partnership. Experiences. Partnership Mission. To protect and improve the surface and ground water resources as well as natural systems of

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BMP CHALLENGE Experience: Cannon River Watershed Partnership

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  1. BMP CHALLENGE Experience:Cannon River Watershed Partnership Information provided by: Dave Legvold Executive Director Cannon River Watershed Partnership

  2. Experiences Partnership Mission To protect and improve the surface and ground water resources as well as natural systems of the watershed through: *Education *Advocacy *Monitoring and scientific analysis *Conservation

  3. Experiences Agriculture Management Current Three-legged Stool of Management: Incentives Farm program counter-incentives Education Private-public mix of messages Regulation Almost absent (exception – feedlots)

  4. Experiences Agriculture Management 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

  5. Experiences Agriculture Management 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

  6. Experiences Agriculture Management 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

  7. Experiences Agriculture Management Re-balancing the Three-legged Stool of Management: Incentives Connecting to farmers by starting with their farming system(s) Education Prime, package and publicize Regulation to Recognition Successful voluntary adoption is the better way

  8. Experiences 2006 Experiences Education Brian Brandt Nutrient and Tillage Workshop July 12, 2006

  9. Experiences 2006 Experiences Innovation

  10. Experiences 2006 Experiences Adoption Row-incorporated low rate manure application at 1500 gallons/acre.

  11. Experiences 2006 Experiences Results

  12. Experiences 2006 Experiences Try a better way…with support from the BMP CHALLENGE!

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