The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) is awarding a total of $2.1 million in grant funding to local governments to support climate-smart agricultural practices such as those beneficial to soil health.
Grant recipients are the Redwood SWCD, the Renville County SWCD, the Stevens SWCD, the Kandiyohi SWCD, a partnership between the East Otter Tail SWCD and the Wadena SWCD, and a partnership between the Fillmore County SWCD and Houston County.
This funding is available through the Alliance to Advance Climate Smart Agriculture, a national USDA-funded pilot program led by Virginia Tech University (formerly known as the RIPE100 program) to support landowner adoption of climate-smart practices.
During the three-year pilot program, a total of $80 million will be available to partners in Minnesota, Virginia, Arkansas and North Dakota for program administration and direct financial incentives for producers.
Through the pilot program, farmers and ranchers in participating districts will be eligible to receive $100 per acre or animal unit by voluntarily implementing practices that sequester carbon, improve soil health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve water quality and conservation. Up to $13 million is expected to be available in mid-2024 to producers in Minnesota for these practices.
BWSR news release
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