Stewarding Farms and Water in the Upper Salt Fork Watershed

SWCS Annual Conference Washington D.C. July 18, 2011 Brian Brandt Director, Agriculture Conservation Innovations

Working with Farmers in East Central Illinois To Adopt Nutrient Management Practices

Project Partners Reetz Agronomics

USDA CCPI MRBI EQIP
USDA CIG
Walton Family Foundation
McKnight Foundation
Ongoing…
Project Funding

Four “R”s
EQIP Funded Practices
590 Nutrient Management
329 Residue Mgt.-Strip-till
340 Cover Crops
554 Drainage Water Management
799 Monitoring
Best Management Practices

Targeted Application in East Central Illinois
BMP Challenge

BMP Challenge Eligible Practices
Reduced tillage
Nutrient Management Basic
PSNT
CSNT
Minimum Disturbance Incorporation/Injection of manure
Nitrogen Inhibitor/Enhanced N products
Sensor-based variable rate application (Crop Circle, Green Seeker)
Others? (need to be U of IL/NRCS approved)
BMP Challenge

Water Quality Monitoring Drainage Tile and Surface Water

GIS mapping of HUC 12 Spoon River watershed of cropping history, soils and conservation practices
GIS mapping of HUC 12 Spoon River watershed
Existing data sets
Farm operation and parcel data
Baseline Measurements

Cooperative Conservation Program Initiative (CCPI) benefits:
Leveraging resources – partnerships and funding
Targeting limited resources for maximum benefit
Challenges and benefits of monitoring
Lessons Learned

Anita Zurbrugg
Midwest Director [email_address]
Brian Brandt
Director, Agriculture Conservation Innovations [email_address]
www.farmland.org
Targeting limited resources for maximum benefit
Challenges and benefits of monitoring
THANK YOU!

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Stewarding Farms and Water in the Upper Salt Fork Watershed

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