Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grant
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Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grant
- 1. Producer-LedWatershed ProtectionGrant Program RACHEL RUSHMANN PROGRAM MANAGER WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
- 4. First two rounds of funding FY 2016 Funds: Grants awarded in April 2016 14 producer groups $242,550 9 new groups, 5 existing FY 2017 Funds: Grants awarded late Sept. 2016 11 producer-led groups $197,065 1 new group, 10 existing
- 5. Producer-Led ProjectActivities Start-up costs Outreach and education events Incentive payments for practices Cover crops, buffers, reduced tillage, low disturbance manure injection, nutrient management, soil testing, farm walkovers Research Cover crops, nitrogen use efficiency, inline water drainage system Recruitment/branding
- 6. Formal collaboration 2016 ◦ 7 – Land Conservation Dept. ◦ 5 – UW Extension ◦ 2 – Nonprofit organization 2017 ◦ 3 – Land Conservation Dept. ◦ 3 – UW Extension ◦ 5 – Nonprofit organization
- 7. Partnerships Local Farm Bureau chapters Ag associations (WI Farmer’s Union, Dairy Business Association, etc.) Ag Co-ops NRCS UW Ag businesses and other local businesses Rod and Gun conservation clubs Crop consultants Land Conservancies Adaptive management programs Lake Districts
- 8. Evaluation • Evaluating their own progress through metrics each group develops Example reporting metrics for a new group Example reporting metrics for an existing group Number of hours spent on planning activities Number of acres of conservation practices Completed work plan with goals and mission statement Number of soil samples taken Plan created to distribute conservation incentives Attendance at outreach events Number of outreach materials created Increase in number of group participants and partnerships Data collection and analysis plan Number of farm assessments Number of group meetings and list of accomplishments Coordinator position: hours spent Number of new farms involved in the group Soil test P reductions Number of new partnerships formed Number of speaking engagements Number of speaking engagements Number of nutrient management plans developed or updated Number of mailings sent out to farmers in the watershed Phosphorus Index value reductions Water quality monitoring plan Water quality monitoring completed
- 9. Response from farmers "I think it's important for agriculture to be in the lead on this. Nobody understands their farms better than the farmers. They're working with the land directly. They know what practices are working on their farms.“ Jeff Endres, President of Yahara Pride Farms
- 10. Response from ag community
- 11. 2016Workshop First annual ~75 attended Farmer presentations and brainstorming sessions Presentations on cover crops and low disturbance manure injection Positive feedback Groups were able to learn from other groups’ successes and models
- 12. PLWPGWebpage
- 13. Comments or Questions? Rachel Rushmann 608-224-4622 Rachel.Rushmann@wi.gov
Notes de l'éditeur
- Intro. The producer-led grant program is a new DATCP program that was introduced through the state budget in 2015. The program provides funding to groups of farmers that are looking to increase conservation efforts in their watersheds. Before the DATCP program started, there were several groups already formed and we’ve seen that these groups can really be effective in increasing the adoption of conservation practices so the intention behind these funds is to provide start up support to help develop more groups like these around the state.
- PLWPG is a new DATCP grant program that began in 2016 to fund producer-led conservation activities on a watershed-scale throughout the state. A max of 20k goes to each producer-led group to work on projects that involve farmer to farmer outreach, education and research.
- 15 producer-led projects. 14 awarded last round, 11 this round.
- In the first funding cycle, fifteen applications were received throughout the state of Wisconsin and the Department committed to fund 14 of the 15 projects for a total of $242,550.
- Example: gathering watershed data through EVVAL, STEPL, SnapPlus Example: retreat for creating work plan, mission statement and goals Example: lunch and learn workshop, cover crop symposium, field day to showcase practices Example: Cover Crop Effects on Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature
- Working with partners on research, educational events and evaluating practices
- Also how we will evaluate the program – how well are they meeting the goals they set?
- Feedback from the workshop gave us a lot of positive feedback on the program and how it’s working. “Wow there is a lot we could be doing". On the way home they scheduled a meeting and have renewed enthusiasm. Brian Brown, the farmer from our group, really liked hearing from the different groups and getting ideas from them.