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July 30-1110-Heath Ellison
- 1. Private Sector Engagement In Iowa Watersheds Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference, 2019 Roger Wolf – Executive Director, Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance Jason Gomes – Owner, North Iowa Agronomy Partners Heath Ellison – Operations Manager, Iowa Soybean Association
- 2. Agenda Middle Cedar Partnership Project • RCPP received by City of Cedar Rapids • North Iowa Agronomy Partners • Progress to date ACWA Farm to River partnership • Who is ACWA / ACWA members • Farm to River Partnership description • Retailor engagement
- 3. Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance Formed in 2000 in Raccoon River Watershed Expanded in 2008 to include Des Moines River Watershed 11 members and 5 associate members Primarily ag retailers operating in the Des Moines and Raccoon River basins Mission: Helping agriculture identify and implement solutions that reduce nutrient loss to Iowa’s water.
- 4. MEMBERSHIPMEMBERS • AG PARTNERS, LLC • NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS • FIRST COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION • GOLD-EAGLE COOPERATIVE • HEARTLAND CO-OP • HELENA CHEMICAL COMPANY- MIDWEST DIVISION • KEY COOPERATIVE • LANDUS COOPERATIVE • NEW COOPERATIVE • PRO COOPERATIVE • VAN DIEST SUPPLY ASSOCIATE MEMBERS • CALCIUM PRODUCTS • CORTEVA AGROSCIENCE • IOWA AGRICULTURE WATER ALLIANCE • KOCH FERTILIZER, LLC • VERDESIAN LIFE SCIENCES • LAND O’LAKES SUSTAIN CONTRIBUTORS • IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION • THE NATURE CONSERVANCY • USDA NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE • IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP • OTHERS
- 5. ACWA water monitoring • 19 years of stream and tile sampling and data collection • Certified Sampling – Quality Assurance Quality Control • Real-time Remote Monitoring • Project Effectiveness Monitoring • Bioreactors • Saturated Buffers • Cover Crops • Event-triggered monitoring • Water Quality Initiative Support
- 6. Elk Run Water Quality Initiative Area targeted due to water monitoring results 3-year ACWA led project with 15 partners 2015-2017 Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Water Quality Initiative Program (IDALS WQI) Encompasses parts of Sac, Calhoun and Carroll counties Goal - Reduce nutrient losses by implementing edge-of-field, conservation drainage and nutrient management practices 8 bioreactors 6 saturated buffers 2100 acres cover crops 4 replicated strip trials evaluating nutrients appl 24 tile monitoring sites
- 7. Expansion of Elk Run project • Funded 2018-2021 = $1,626,847 • Many partners • Expansion from 23,000 Elk Run Demo Project to 5 HUC 12’s watersheds covering 115,000 ac Cost Share • 30 edge of field practices • 11,500 acres of cover crops • 2 wetlands How do we reach and engage famers in a much larger geography? FARM TO RIVER PARTNERSHIP
- 8. Ag retail engagement Why will this work? • Studies show Ag Retail agronomists are consistently a farmer’s top source of information • Three ACWA members service Farm to River area providing a team of 20- 25 agronomists to work with • Lots of attention to water quality in this area recently; ACWA management motivated to be seen as part of the solution Why won’t this work? • Retail agronomists fully employed • Lack of training & knowledge of EOF practices • Concern about jeopardizing client relationships How do we maximize the will and minimize the won’t?
- 9. ACPF? Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework - Tool to assist Coordinators and retailers understand conservation opportunities - GIS shape file and web tool Tools
- 13. Incentives Farm to River Partnership ag retailor incentive program • Uses ACWA dues to establish a ‘finders fee’ for the retail agronomist • Agronomist paid when practice is implemented • Bioreactor or saturated buffer - $500 • Cover crops min. 80 acres - $500 • No till / strip till min. 80 acres - $500 • Nutrient Management min. 80 acres - $250 • Replicated strip trial - $250 • Tile water monitoring - $50 • Payments made when practice has been certified complete & site visit completed • Rolled out program in late summer 2018 Progress 3 bioreactors 80 acres of cover crop 3 water monitoring sites
- 14. On site support Conservation SpecialistWatershed project coordinator Direct point of contact for agronomists Co-located in member locations Ag retail background Allow for better agronomist engagement Improve messaging to farmers More closely associate ag retail with conservation delivery If successful…
- 15. Other support / Future initiatives Identifying support for additional conservation specialist positions, likely to be employed by ACWA members Drafting a plan between ACWA and Iowa NRCS for intentional engagement Developing a program to build technical capacity of both the retail agronomists and local NRCS staff
- 16. Middle Cedar Partnership Project RCPP grant awarded to City of Cedar Rapids to address water quality upstream Example of positive ag/urban interaction TSP contracted to deliver conservation assistance • North Iowa Agronomy Partners (independent) • 7400 acres cover crop 2018 • 5 bioreactors, 8 sat. buffers, 1 wetland installed or in progress • 791 acres enhanced nutrient management (EQIP)
- 17. Heath Ellison, CCA 4R NMS / SSP Operations Manager Agriculture and Natural Resources Iowa Soybean Association hellison@iasoybeans.com 515.334.1045 Thank you!
Notes de l'éditeur
- Formed in 2000 with 16 original members in Raccoon River Watershed Expanded in 2008 to include Des Moines River Watershed and now includes 11 members and 5 associate members Members are primary ag crop input suppliers doing business in the watershed’s Sell and apply most of the nitrogen used on 5 million acres of cropland. Several Collaborators and Sponsors
- Geographic coverage of ACWA members. Note that business footprint is outside of the watershed areas.
- Tributary water monitoring was a core focus of the formation of ACWA. It has been a key part of identifying areas of needed improvement as well as the overall trends in the watersheds. It has been extremely beneficial in helping determine where implementation of water quality efforts will have the greatest impact on the watersheds. It has helped in targeting our demonstration activity for buffer strips, bioreactors, and in field practices. It has been reported that the data base which has been developed in the Raccoon River Watershed since 2000 is likely the most comprehensive of any watershed in the US. Since ACWA initial focus on tributary monitoring, it has expanded and is growing its activity at the in field/tile line level of observation.
- An extremely exciting IDALS Water Quality Initiative project. It is a 3 year grant supported project that is 3 years in scope. The Elk Run Watershed comprises approximately 24,000 acres in a very diverse crop and livestock area that has experienced water quality issues in recent years. ACWA is lead partner on the project along with 15 other groups. We are just completing our first full year (2016) of the initiative and are pleased with the progress. The next slides illustrate the 3 year goal of the project and the progress that has been accomplished in the first year.
- ACWA Website has resources for retailers and others to use in helping farmers consider Nutrient reduction practices like edge of field practes.