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6. Signed by Governor Dayton,
Secretary Vilsack and
Administrator Lisa Jackson
on January 17, 2012.
Memorandum of Understanding
7. Support for a voluntary program
Coordinate and prioritize funding
Provide recognition and certainty to
producers and the public
Establish a MAWQCP Advisory Committee
What does the MOU say?
9. Committee Recommendations
The committee submitted a series of
recommendations presented in seven
position papers:
Pilot projects
Program operations
Program measurement tool
Program data management
Program certainty
Program incentives
Program promotion
Assessment
•A question and
answer tool is
used to
measure the
operation.
Assessment
may be self-
administered or
with assistance
from accredited
MAWQCP reps.
Technical
Assistance
•If the tool
shows
certification
criterion not
met, producers
may access
technical and
financial
assistance for
meeting all
certification
criteria.
Certification
•Certification is
determined by
an MDA
accredited
certifier.
Certifier can not
have a conflict
of interest with
the producer.
Verification
•Audits
periodically
conducted by
MDA to verify
certified farms.
•Regular audits
by the MDA of
accredited
certifiers to
verify
performance.
Recertification
•Upon
conclusion of
the term for
which
certification has
been
awarded, the
operator may
re-certify (but
will need to
meet any new
assessment
elements that
may have been
added since the
prior
certification).
Program operations
10. Passed legislation placing the MAWQCP in statute
Provided $3 million in Clean Water funding
(biennium)
Statute adopts Advisory Committee’s
recommendations
Pilot up to 3 years
Review progress with advisory committee;
inter-agency team
Provides “certainty” via certification agreement
contracts between state and producers
Legislative Actions
12. Offered by Minnesota state government, via Certification
Agreement contracts
Not an exemption from existing rules and regulations
Relevant to the land within an agricultural operation
Applies only to ag land management and practices that could
affect water quality
Conditional upon:
Implementation of recommended practices
Maintenance of practices during certification
What is “Certainty?”
13. Certified farms are deemed to be in compliance with
any new water quality rules or laws and considered to
be meeting their contributions to any targeted
reductions of pollutants during the period of their
certification
Certified farmers are recognized as responsible
protective stewards of their land and water quality
Provides public assurance that certified farmers are
doing their part to avoid water quality impacts from
their farming operations
In practice, “Certainty” means…
14. Certification process
One page form:
self-certify
currently
compliant
Third party
certification:
assessment
tool
Third party
certification:
field verify
Four page
contract
Certified!
Technical/Financial
assistance
Optional informed
consent
15. NPDES/SDS permit
Proper disposal of
pesticide containers
Water body
setbacks
Certification process
16. 1) Field characteristics and soil physical/erosion factors,
2) Nutrient management factors,
3) Tillage management factors,
4) Pest management factors,
5) Irrigation and tile drainage management,
6) Additional conservation practices
What does the assessment consider?
18. GIS datalayer
Web Soil Survey
AgVise soil test
Operation Corn/small
grain
soybeans
After harvest 90-95% 60-80%
Over-winter
decomposition
80-95% 70-80%
Combination
secondary tillage
50-75% 30-60%
Chisel- twisted 50-70% 30-40%
Chisel 60-80% 40-60%
Disk 40-70% 25-40%
Assessment Tool
19. Nitrogen application rate and associated score
Nutrient Management
Nitrogen Rate
Application Rate MAWQCP Score
Legume / No Nitrogen Applied 10
UMN BMP Recommendation 10
10% over the BMP ranges 7
20% over the BMP ranges 5
30% over the BMP ranges 2
50% over the BMP ranges 1
20. Nutrient Management
Rate
*UMN P Recs based on soil test and crop rotation
Justification
Our MN N rate BMP's were
developed with environmental
and agronomic concerns in
mind, and many of our BMP
regions have environmental N
loss data to go along with the
crop response data.
While we acknowledge that the
nutrient use efficiency declines as
rate increase, incentivizing the
"mining of native fertility" by
encouraging under application of
N and P creates more problems
than it solves.
21. Soil Test P tables
Compare to
regionally-based
BMPs
Assessment Tool
22. Goal: Determine actual N rates
nitrate-N test?
Yes
Residual N
credit
No
Nitrogen credits
from previous
crop
1st year N credit
2nd year N credit
Manure applied
Lab test
Table
calculation
Synthetic N
applied Total N Applied
How much manure was
applied last year?
Solid or Liquid?
What type?
Broadcast or Inject?
If broadcast, did you
incorporate?
70 lbs N
20 lbs N
140 lbs N
Assessment Tool
23. Synthetic Fertilizer
Nutrient Management
Timing, Source and Placement
Regional Synthetic N Recs Source Timing Placement
Recommended 10 10 10
Acceptable with Risk 6 6 6
Not Acceptable 1 1 1
Manure Fertilizer
Manure Fertilizer Recs Spring Fall ST < 50 F Fall ST > 50 F Frozen Soil
Incorporated/Injected 10 8 4 N/A
Unincorporated 6 3 2 1
Fall ST= Soil Temperature
25. Tillage records and
STIR calculator
Crop advisor,
producer records
Equipment STIR values
Anhydrous knife 12-
inch
6.5
Anhydrous knife 30-
inch
2.6
Fertilizer applic. w/
strip till 30-inch
5.4
Manure spreader 0.2
Surface broadcast 0.061
Chisel plow, disk, 52
Chisel, straight point 46
Chisel, sweep shovel 46
Chisel, twisted
shovel
46
Assessment Tool
26. Pest Management
Description of Practice MAWQCP Score
Advanced IPM: Low risk IPM plus cultural
practices that minimize pests
10
Low Risk IPM: Basic IPM plus using
alternatives with lower risk for runoff or
rotation of pesticides
7.5
Basic IPM: Low risk control plus threshold-
based suppression
7
Low Risk Pest Control: Basic control plus using
< maximum label rates
5
Basic Pest Control: Suppression with only
label-required mitigation (i.e. setbacks)
2
27. Pest Management
IPM Practice Level
(from Table 12-A)
Pesticide BMP factors
Advanced IPM: low risk IPM plus uses cultural
practices that minimize pests
Adjusts planting rates, timing, crop rotations, irrigation schedules or field machinery cleaning to disrupt or otherwise minimize annual
carryover of pests or field conditions for pest outbreaks.
Low Risk IPM: basic IPM plus uses alternatives
with lower risk for runoff and/or rotates
pesticides
Works with professionals to select pesticides with low loss ratings for soil runoff and/or rotates among those with different modes of
action.
Basic IPM: low risk control plus uses threshold-
based suppression
Scouts fields for pests, maps infestations each year. Determines if control results in crop yield benefits or longer term pest suppression.
Core BMP factors for farmer using any synthetic
or organic pesticide
Pesticide-specific BMP factors for farmer using acetochlor, atrazine or chlorpyrifos
Low Risk Pest Control: basic control plus uses <
maximum label rates and any pesticide-specific
additional vegetative buffers or application
setbacks
Reduces application rates based on a label “rate
range” and/or precision application methods;
scouts for weed escapes or pest outbreaks, with
subsequent applications only when necessary.
Atrazine:
Uses ≤ 0.8 lbs a.i./yr in SE MN except on medium and fine textured soils where
up to 1.0 lbs a.i. yr can be used.
Employs application setbacks or buffers around tile inlets.
Acetochlor:
Uses lower, early-season post-emerge weed control in herbicide tolerant crop
production.
Installs a 30-ft. or wider vegetative filter strip (66 ft. if in a watershed with
acetochlor impairments) at points of field runoff.
Basic Pest Control: suppression with only label-
required mitigation (e.g., vegetative buffers or
application setbacks)
Reads labels and abides by legally required water
quality protection restrictions.
Atrazine: Does not apply within 200 feet of lakes and reservoirs, and 66 feet from
points where runoff enters streams and rivers.
Acetochlor: If applied with atrazine, application setbacks for atrazine are followed.
Chlorpyrifos: For soil- or foliar-applied liquid products, does not apply:
within 25 ft. of water bodies for ground applications;
within 150 ft. of water bodies for aerial applications.
For soil applied granular products, does not apply:
within 150 ft. of water bodies for aerial applications.
28. Irrigation
Irrigation Method MAWQCP Adjustment
Center Pivot -10.0%
Center Pivot with CP449 -1.5%
Trickle/Drip 0.0%
No Irrigation 0.0%
Sprinkler -5.0%
29. Tile Drainage
Tile Drain System MAWQCP Adjustment
No Tile Drain 0.0%
Tile Drain, open surface inlets -20.0%
Tile Drain, no open surface inlets -15.0%
Tile Drain with Drainage Water
Management
10.0%
Tile Drain, no open surface inlets and
average of NM and TM ≥ 9
0.0%
30. Conservation Practices
MAWQCP
Conservation Practice
Sediment
Effectivene
ss Range
(mean) %
Total P
Effectivene
ss Range
(mean) %
Nitrogen
Effectivenes
s Range
(mean) %
Pesticide
Effectivene
ss Range
(mean) %
Name Type
Contour Strip- Cropping Field 43-95 (77) 8-93 (44) 20-55 (37)
Contour Buffer Strip Field 83-91 (87) 49-80 (62) 27-50 (36) 53-77 (67)
Sediment Basins External 60-90 (84) 34-73 (50) 30
Field Borders Field 76-91 (86) 38-96 (65) 27 57-75 (66)
Riparian Forest Buffer External 41-93
(67.5)
53-98
(75.5)
67.5
Filter Strip External 76-91 (86) 38-96 (65) 27 57-75 (66)
Grass Waterway External 77-97 (87) 47-83 (65)
Conservation Cover Field Up to 90
Water & Sediment
Control Basin
External 97-99 (98) 64-80 (73)
Grade Stabilization
Structure
Field 99
31. Sample Farm A
Renville County, MN
CROP: Corn
Slope is < 2%
Synthetic nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizer within state
BMP ranges for rate, placement & timing (this includes Fall
application for this region)
Tillage:
o Mulch Till
Advanced Integrated Pest Management:
o Scout for pest thresholds
o Corn-bean rotation
Subsurface Tile Drainage
32. Sample Farm A
Assessment Tool Calculation
1) Field Physical Sensitivity: 7.9
2) Nutrient Management: 10
3) Tillage Management: 8
4) Pest Management: 10
Preliminary score: 8.9
5) No Irrigation and no Tile Drainage adjustment
because NM & TM average > 9
6) Conservation Practices: eligibility standard achieved
CERTIFICATION ELIGIBLE
33. Sample Farm B
Olmsted County, MN
Crop: Corn
Slope is 5%-10%, more erodible soils
Synthetic nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizer within
state BMP ranges for rate, timing, and placement
Mulch tillage
Advanced Integrated Pest Management:
o Scout for pest thresholds
o Corn-bean rotation
34. Sample Farm B
Assessment Tool Calculation
1) Field Physical Sensitivity: 5.3
2) Nutrient Management: 10
3) Tillage Management: 8
4) Pest Management: 10
Preliminary score: 8.3
5) No Irrigation or Tile Drainage
6) Conservation Practices: Grass Waterway 9.05
CERTIFICATION ELIGIBLE