Farm-Ready Cover Crops for Protecting Water Quality

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$741,000
Fund Source
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund
Recipient
Central Lakes College
Recipient Type
Public College/University
Status
In Progress
Start Date
July 2019
End Date
December 2022
Counties Affected
Statewide
Statewide
Project Overview

We will implement an economically-viable, farm-based strategy to protect water quality across more than 100,000 acres of vulnerable wellhead protection regions using cover crops in corn-soybean rotation.

Project Details
Legal Citation / Subdivision
M.L. 2019, First Special Session, Chp. 4, Art. 2, Sec. 2, Subd. 04l
Appropriation Language

$741,000 the first year is from the trust fund to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System for Central Lakes College to demonstrate conservation benefits of using camelina and kura clover as continuous living cover with corn-soybean rotations and to develop secondary markets to increase farmer adoption of this practice for protecting water quality in vulnerable wellhead protection areas. This appropriation is subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10.

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$741,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

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Measurable Outcome(s)

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Project Manager
First Name
Keith
Last Name
Olander
Organization Name
Central Lakes College - Ag and Energy Ctr
Street Address
1830 Airport Road
City
Staples
State
MN
Zip Code
56479
Phone
(763) 257-2881
Email
kolander@clcmn.edu