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>> OK SO THE AG AND FOOD
FINANCE AND POLICY DIVISION.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE COMING IN AND BUT AT A BUSY DAY THERE ARE
OTHER
COMMITTEE MEETINGS BEING HELD
TODAY AND WE'VE GOT TENDED TO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
COMING FOR US TO TESTIFY; SO
WE'RE THESE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THAT.
SO WELCOME BACK EVERYONE WE'RE HERE IN AN INTERIM HEARING
WHICH MEANS IT'S REALLY AN
INFORMATIONAL HEARING. WE DON'T
HAVE A BILL BEFORE US WHAT WE
HAVE INFORMATION AND PEOPLE
SHARING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF
THEIR WORLDS
HOW IT INTERSECTS WITH THE WORK
THAT WE DO SO WE APPRECIATE
THAT WE'RE FOCUSING TODAY ON A
TOPIC THAT HAS TOUCHES EVERYONE
THE CLIMATE CHANGE THE
WEATHER CHANGES. WE HAVE SPENT
SOME TIME AS A
COMMITTEE ON TALKING ABOUT
EFFECTS IN THE PAST AND WE WILL DO PROBABLY SOME MORE OF THAT WE WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF A DETAILED LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED ESPECIALLY IN 2019.
BUT ARE PANEL OF PRODUCERS
COMMODITY GROUPS AND THAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE. CONNECTED TO
BE EFFECTIVE.
WEATHER CHANGES. WE WEREN'T
ABLE TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE
TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT
FOR TODAY; SO WE MAY BE DOING
SOME MORE WITH THAT LATER IN
THE SESSION. BUT TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT
SOLUTIONS AND REALLY KIND OF A
GET EVERYBODY ON THE PAGE UP
THIS IS WHAT IS BEING DONE.
FOR US TO BE AWARE OF THAT
I KNOW THAT WILL HAVE OTHER
LEGISLATORS THAT ARE GOING TO
BE INTERESTED IN THIS THE EMPHASIS ON TALKING ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HAVING OTHER
MEETINGS AROUND THAT TOPIC
AND I'M NOT EVERYONE THAT COMES TO THE EGG MEETINGS AND THAT
EVERYONE IS SAYS
I'M AWARE OF THE THINGS THAT
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SO
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT WE WHAT THAT WE
PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE;
I'M CERTAINLY WE KNOW 2019 WE
HAD SOME.
EXTREME WEATHER FROM THE VERY BEGINNING UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TO
COLLAPSE BARNES; THE REFS OF IRAN'S MEMBER THE SNOW THAT WE
HAD
LAST YEAR. AND WHAT THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSE THAT WE HAD
A REALLY WET SPRING. WE
HAD A A REALLY UNUSUAL
TIME AND THEN HOW THE HARVEST
THOSE IMPACTED AS WELL AN EARLY
FROST AND HOW THAT IMPACTED SOME SO THERE'S DEFINITELY
ISSUES THAT WE COULD BE TALKING
ABOUT. AND OUR CONTINUE TO GET
UP EVERY DAY AND
DO THE JOBS THAT THEY NEED TO
DO TO HELP TO BE THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE
WORK THAT THEY DO. TODAY WE'RE
GOING TO PROBABLY FOCUS LITTLE
BIT MORE
ON RESEARCH AND THEN LIKE I
SAID SOLUTIONS PRACTICES THAT
OF I'M BEN I'M
COMING FORWARD EITHER
PILOT PROJECTS OR IN A LARGER
SCALE. AND FOR US TO LEARN A
LITTLE BIT MORE
LOCALLY HOW THINGS ARE BEING DONE AND OR AND THE STATEWIDE
OR EVEN NATIONAL WHITE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE
BEING DONE SO.
AND THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT
TO MENTION I KNOW THIS
AFTERNOON THAT THE GOVERNOR'S
BIO TASK FORCE IS MEETING SO THEY'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE
GOING TO GETTING TO GO TO THAT
THIS AFTERNOON SO AND WE HAVE
OTHER TODAY. HIS BIG DAY
FOR PORK HIM THE TASTE OF ELEGANCE OF JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO
GO TO THAT. IT'S A VERY
TASTY EVENT. AND IF YOU HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE YOU CAN
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TASTE A
WIDE VARIETY OF
A PORK. AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED
BY DIFFERENT SHOPS THAT OUT TO
THEM THAT
STATE HERE SO THAT WILL BE FUN TO TO GO TO PEOPLE ARE
AVAILABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN I JUST BEFORE WE KIND
OF GET STARTED I KNOW WITH THAT TO REPRESENT THE BRAND HE
WANTED TO PROTECT BUT TO HEAR.
YEAH; I THINK YOU
HAVE CHECKED. >> THIS WAS RECOGNIZING THE
GROUP IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT
THAT GROW THERE UH HUH AND PETR LOCAL DEPARTMENT ALSO A CIRCUS
TO STOP US COLLEGE. WHAT A
BUNCH OF DUSTY'S HERE TODAY IN THE AUDIENCE AS THEY'RE TAKING
TO GYM CLASS SPECIFICALLY
DEALING WITH THE DISCUSSION TOPIC TODAY AND SO IT'S ONE OF THE WELCOME THEM AND THANK THEM
FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
>> EXCELLENT WELCOME BUT GLAD
TO SEE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE STUDENTS AND PEOPLE
THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS
TOPIC SO WE ALL OF YOU AND I
KNOW THAT WE'RE ALSO PROBABLY BEING TELEVISED TODAY SO THAT'S
GOOD TO TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD
THE MESSAGE OUT ABOUT SO SUFFER STOP THAT WE
HAVE ON THE AGENDA RESPONDING
TO A CHANGING CLIMATE AND WE
HAVE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH; THE COMMISSIONERS HERE FROM A PART OF A SO WE'RE GOING
TO START OUT WITH MISTER
PETERSON WELCOME YOU.
HAPPY NEW YEAR; BUT GLAD TO SEE
YOU AND THE BEGIN WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS AGAIN MY NAME IS TOM PETERSON A COMMISSIONER OF
AGRICULTURE ANN NELSON; A. >> THEY ARE JUST THAT THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
>> SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS
VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE OF RESPONDING TO A CLAIM IT AND I
LIKE HOW YOU FRAME IT TO ABOUT
WHAT'S BEING DONE OR WHAT ARE
WE A WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND SO WHEN BEFORE I TOOK THIS JOB
I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN
WATCHING UP. GOVERNOR WALLS AND
HIS DISCUSSION AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT HE DID WHY HE WAS IN
CONGRESS WHETHER ASIDE.
SOIL HEALTH
CSP A LOT OF DIFFERENT AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT THIS WAS AN
ISSUE THAT HE
BROUGHT UP QUITE A BIT WHY HE WAS RUNNING WAS SOMETHING THAT
HE WANTED TO DISCUSS SO.
AS COMMISSIONER WE'VE NOT RIGHT
TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY OF
WORKING WITHIN OUR
SUB CABINET. 2 AND THEN JUST WITHIN OUR AGENCIES ARE GOING TO SHARE SOME OF THAT WITH YOU
TODAY. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF
LAY THE CLIMATE.
IT REALLY YOU CAN'T DO IT
WITHOUT LOOKING ARE CHALLENGES
THAT WE HAD THIS
PAST YEAR. THIS IS A SLIGHT
I'VE BEEN USING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER NOVEMBER AND WE COULD HAVE FILLED THAT UP EVEN MORE I
JUST SAID TO OUR
COMMUNICATIONS 7 SAID COULD YOU
FIND A BITE JUST HEADLINES OF
THINGS THAT DIDN'T GO SO WELL
THIS YEAR. YEAH; IT WASN'T HARD
TO
YOU KNOW ON SOME OF THE ONES
THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS
YOU KNOW AS YOU SAID THE
FOREIGN COLLAPSES. >> WERE A BIG PIECE SOLOIST O'O
FARM INCOME. YOU KNOW HEADACHE
A BOMB
TRADE AND. SHORTAGES OF THINGS
THAT HAPPENED A PLANT WE JUST
CONTINUE TO HAVE ON.
BUT THE ONE THAT I DID AN AD THAT CAME RIGHT AFTER WE HAD
PUT THE SLIDE TOGETHER
WAS THAT YOU KNOW TOWARDS THE
END OF NOVEMBER WE OFFICIALLY
20 19 BECAME THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD AND FOR MANY PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY
AND THE THIS WAS ON TOP
OF LAST YEAR WHICH ARE 2018 WHICH IS ALSO WHAT FOR VERY
MANY PARTS OF THE STATE SO
WE'RE HOLDING A LOT OF WATER PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER THE STATE
RIGHT NOW. AND SO I THINK THAT
JUST KIND OF EVERYTHING THAT
WE HAD. I ALSO WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT WHAT ARE CALLED
PREVENT PLANT ACRES FOR THOSE YOU'RE NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH
THE AGRICULTURE. SO THESE ARE
ACRES THAT DID NOT GET
PLANTED MINNESOTA. THAT
20 MILLION ACRES AROUND THE
COUNTRY BUT IN MINNESOTA 1.1
7 MILLION ACRES. WHICH PLACED
6TH IN
THE NATION. LOT OF CORN WE HAD A GRAND PLAN ACRES BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.
I WANTED TO.
MENTIONED THIS AND I WAS GLAD THE SLIDE WAS IN HERE BECAUSE
IN PREVENT PLAN.
WE SAW SOME IT PART OF A
QUALIFYING
INSURANCE IS THAT YOU DO HAVE
TO USE A COVER CROP SO ON A LOT OF THIS LAND FARMERS ARE
PLANTING COVER CROPS FOR THE
FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN
THROUGHOUT PREVENT PLANT WE'VE
HAD THIS FOR MANY TIMES WE HAD
ABOUT 5; 6; YEARS AGO WE HAD A
A LOT OF PREVENT PLANT ACRES;
NOT THIS MANY BUT IN A SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA. AND WHAT I WOULD DO
IN TALKING TO FARMERS BACK THEN
WAS THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
THEY HAD USED PREVENT OUR COVER
CROPS. AND EXPERIMENTED BUT THEN THEY CONTINUE TO USE THEM
BECAUSE I I WOULD
ASK FARMERS IN MY TRAVELS WHEN
DID YOU START USING COVER CROPS AND SOME OF THEM IT WAS BECAUSE
OF THIS AND SO
IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING ONE
OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD EVEN GOING TO A MILLION ACRES WAS
COVER CROP SEED A LOT OF PEOPLE USE ALL FOR
COVER CROPS; BUT
WE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH
PEOPLE FINDING EVEN
TO GOAL A RAMP UP THAT FAST SO AS EVERYBODY IS EXCITED ABOUT COVER CROPS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT
COVER CROPS. BUT AS WE THINK ABOUT MARKETING AND RAMPING UP
WE COULD SEE IT LIKE THIS YEAR;
AS WELL SO THAT'S JUST ONE ISSUE I WANT TO BRING UP IN
THIS DISCUSSION.
WE WANT TO TALK LISTENING TO RURAL RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS REALLY FANCY GRAPH ABOUT WHERE WE'VE
BEEN AND EVERYTHING THIS YEAR BUT I WANTED THIS ONE THAT YOU
COULD JUST KIND OF SEE THE
TRAVELS THIS IS MY ON MY WIFE
OR TO MY OFFICE
OF ALL THE PLACES THAT I
TRAVELED IN 2019.
I I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE
REALLY COVERED A LOT OF GROUND TONIGHT AND THIS TIME; BUT CLIMATE THERE ARE CERTAIN
THINGS THAT REALLY HIT ME AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
ADOPTION OF COVER CROPS.
AND KNOW TILL AND SO WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT SEQUESTERING
CARBON KEEPING IT IN THE SOIL THAT WE REALLY SAW THAT THAT
ROSE TO THE TOP AND SO AS WE TRAVEL THE STATE IT
BECAME REALLY CLEAR TO ME THAT
THERE WAS A TON OF INTEREST AND
THAT'S REALLY GROWING INTEREST
SO. PATER
AND WE'RE IT FOR EXAMPLE IN RED
LAKE FALLS SO WE DID A TOUR OF
A FIREMAN 9 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT WE'RE RUNNING BEHIND THAT THEY
WE CALL THEM UGLY; IT'S
SUMMERTIME. BUT THIS FARM; THE
MILLER FARM THERE THEY GROW 10
DIFFERENT COMMODITY CROPS WITH
20 DIFFERENT COVER CROPS. YEAH; IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING
TO SEE.
FOR SAND BUT ALSO VISIT WITH THEM THE CHALLENGE THAT IS THEY
HAVE BEEN IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE
BUT THEY'RE GROWING THE MAIN CROPS LIKE WHEAT SOYBEAN
SUNFLOWERS BUT
THERE ALSO IN A THE FRONT COVER
CROP VARIETIES AND THEN HAVING INVITING THE PUBLIC OUT TO THEIR FARM JUST TO THE WEST
OF THERE. I RODE ALONG WITH
SOME SUGAR BE OF THE SUGAR BEET
FARMER DURING THE HARVEST.
THEY AND ONE OF THEIR US THAT
HE TOLD ME THAT 40% OF AMERICAN
CRYSTAL SUGAR NOW ARE USING
COVER CROPS. MIXED IN WITH THE
A WHAT THEIR CROPS AND SO THAT'S THEY CONTINUE TO GROW
AND
MOVE FORWARD AND COVER CROPS
ARE NOT GOING TO WORK EVERYWHERE BUT ARE TAKING OFF
AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION DOWN IN
SOUTHWEST; MINNESOTA. WE'RE
CABINA. THE MEN SHOULD MENTION THAT'S THE HOMETOWN OF A COMMISSIONER PLACE ARE VERY
PROUD OF HER THERE
AND WHEN TO HONOR FOR
NEIGHBORS; LARRY LEOPOLD WHO
WHEELS MANY OF YOU IF YOU GO TO THE PART CONGRESS TONIGHT;
YOU'LL SEE EMMYS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE PORK PRODUCERS
AND HE
AT A REDUCED TILLAGE DAY AND
HE'S BEEN DOING REDUCED TILLAGE
AND FOR MANY YEARS THAT
JUST TO SEE THE FARMERS THAT
THAT ARE COMING OUT THERE AND
SEEING THE DIFFERENT PRACTICES. 2 OF MY
OWN AREA PINE CITY WHERE WE
HELD 500;000
BEING IN OUR WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ONE OF MY
NEIGHBORS;
JOHN STEVENS WHO ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO STARTED PUTTING COVER CROPS
IN BACK INTO
HIS MAX. WHERE HE'S REALIZE TO I THINK A LOT IS AS A CATTLE
FEED AND SO WE
THAT'S WHY I FOR THAT COMMITTEE
WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF A FORAGE
IN MINNESOTA THIS YEAR AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG ISSUE.
SO WHEN WE LOOK
THE IMPACTS THAT THESE CROPS ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT'S THAT
CAN BE A REAL POSITIVE.
THAT'S A COUPLE MORE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITS A REDWOOD FALLS A
YEAR OF MANY OF YOU KNOW THE RIGHT PRICES AND THE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING
IN MINNESOTA. WE HAVE OFFICES
SOIL HEALTH. WE HAVE A SOIL HEALTH COALITION THAT STARTED THIS PAST YEAR AND THEY HELD
THEIR KICK OFF THE SUMMER AT THEIR FARM IN REDWOOD
FALLS AND I THINK THAT ABOUT
250 PEOPLE THERE WAS AMAZING
TURNOUT. BUT IT WAS INTERESTING
FOR ME TO LOOK AROUND AND THAT CROWD AND SEE THE FARMERS THAT
WERE THERE; I'M REALLY THERE TO
LEARN AND WASN'T THE TYPICAL.
CROWD THAT I SIGNED SO THAT TO
ME WAS REALLY REALLY
IMPRESSIVE. ONE THING I JUST
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHO IS THAT MY MAP OF MY A I HAVE A FEW
HOLES IN THERE AND THE FIRST PLACE WE ALREADY FEEL THIS YEAR
WAS UP AND THAT
NORTHEAST AREA. REPS A WE MADE
IT UP TO JUST NORTH OF TO GRAND RAPIDS. THE FIRST WEEK OF THIS
YEAR IT. 2 OR
RESEARCH STATION THERE AND TALKED ABOUT THE FORESTRY; AN
IMPORTANT OF FORESTRY
AND REALLY SAYING THAT TAKEN
OFF AND ALWAYS WANT TO PUT THAT INTO WE THINK MORE ABOUT DNR
BUT I THINK THERE'S A REAL
STRONG COMPONENT 2 OF FORESTRY AND TREE PLANTINGS WITH IN
AGRICULTURE. SO.
YOU KNOW A LOT OF FARMERS HAVE WOULD LOTS THEY HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES
TO USE TREES AND SO WE'RE TRYING ABOUT WORK THROUGH THAT
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THAT A DAY OR 2 I JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT UP BIO FUELS AS WE
HAVE A. FIRST MEETING OF THE A
BIO FUELS TASK FORCE THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND DON'T HAVE TO READ ALL THE SUCH AS MEDICINE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER IN BIO
FUELS AND WE'RE REALLY
LOOKING AT. HOW WE KEEP THAT BALL UP IN THE AIR. BUT HOW WE
THE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND ETHANOL AND BIODIESEL I THINK THAT WE SURVEYED OUR
MEMBERS OF THE
TASK FORCE ONE OF THE COMMENTS
THAT CAME BACK TO ME IS HOW MUCH BIO FUELS HAVE CHANGED IN
THE LAST 20 YEARS AND THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE AS
GOOD A JOB AS WE COULD TALKING
ABOUT THE LIFE CYCLES AND
DIFFERENT THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING SO WE HOPE THAT IN A
FUTURE HEARING THAT WILL BE
ABLE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THAT.
THE GOVERNOR'S BILE FEEL COUNCIL IS PART OF OUR CLIMATE
INITIATIVE OUT WITHIN THE
ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE A 15 MINUTE MEMBER COUNCIL OF EYES;
THE GOVERNOR
AND CABINET ON THE BEST WAYS TO
EXPAND THE USE OF I'LL FEELS
AND HOW TO INCREASE OUR
CARBON EFFICIENCY AND IMPLEMENT
BIO FEELS AS A PART OF LARGER GOAL TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES
IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR.
I WAS REALLY IN IMPRESSED; TOO
I THINK FOR THE 15 SEATS ON
THERE WE'VE GOT ALMOST 70 APPLICATIONS VERY A VERY
WELL ROUNDED UP A GROUP OF
PEOPLE AND
REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO A
VISITING MORE WITH YOU
ABOUT THAT WITH THAT I'M GOING
TO TURN IT OVER PATER WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH OR HAVE
SOME OTHER STAFF WALK
THROUGH OUR OTHER PROGRAMS I
JUST WANT TO EDITORIALIZED ON A COUPLE OF THEM ARE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT OUR WATER QUALITY
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. OUR EGG BMP LOAN PROGRAM ARE
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE DEMONSTRATION GRANTS SPECIALTY
CROPS AND FOR EVER GREEN.
I I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT NOT JUST FARMS BUT WHEN I'M MEETING
WITH COMPANIES WHETHER IT'S
GENERAL MILLS OR LAND O CARGILL
THEY
ALL HAVE CLIMATE PLATFORMS ARE
THINGS THAT THEY'RE USING ARE
WORKING ON WITH FARMERS AND THEIR PRODUCTS AND IT'S A TOP
PRIORITY FOR THEM AS WELL.
I THINK ABOUT TO HOW
YOU SUPPORT. YOU KNOW THE
PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME FORWARD ARE GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT WHETHER
IT'S A. HELPING FARMERS; A YOU
KNOW ADOPT COVER CROPS; I DO
YOU REDUCE TELL EDGE. WE DID
THE MEETING TO CONTINUE TO GROW
OUR MARKETS FOR ALTERNATIVE
CROPS AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH US ON THE ALTERNATIVE CROPS
PEACE TOO BECAUSE I I WANT TO ALWAYS A WE'RE COUNTING TO THIS
BECAUSE I DO THINK
IT SHOWS FARMERS A PLAN ANOTHER MARKET; ANOTHER PROP IF THEY
THINK THERE'S A MARKET THERE.
AND SO WE WENT FROM
YOU 7 GROWERS; OUR FIRST YEAR
TO ALMOST 400. THIS LAST
YEAR ARE SIGN-UP
IS OPEN RIGHT NOW AND IT'S VERY
STRONG THIS YEAR TO AS WELL. SO WE JUST THINK ABOUT THESE
DIFFERENT CROPS THAT ARE COMING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
FOR MANY YEARS WHETHER IT'S
PENNY PRESSER.
CAMELINA ARE DIFFERENT
YOU KNOW THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT I THINK GIVES ME HOPE AS WELL AS ALL THE THINGS GOING ON SO WITHOUT A
MINUTE LATER AND AND I WILL BE AROUND FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMISSIONER
BEFORE YOU TURN
IT OVER.
>> JUST COME AT A STOP FOR A SECOND THEY KNOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME QUESTION. SO
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON.
>> COMMISSIONER THANKS FOR
BEING HERE YOU TALKED ABOUT GROWING INTEREST IN COVER CROPS
AND SUCH.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE
BIT OF CONFUSION AT LEAST AMONG
THIS PAST SUMMER TRYING TO FIND
OLD SEAT FOR EXAMPLE GOING TO
THE LOCAL ELEVATOR. AND WE HAVE
SOME LAWS THAT GOVERN. THE
ENRON SEED FOR
FOR PLANNING SEE COULD YOU GO
OVER THAT AND IN THAT TELL US
HOW FARMERS CAN PROCURE.
COVER CEDA SEAT IN YET STAY IN IN ALIGNMENT
WITH OUR STATE SEE LAWS.
>> AND
CHAIR AND REP SEVERE SO I'M NOT
EXPERT ON THAT I DON'T KNOW FOR YEARS AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE A
REALLY FOCUSES ON THAT THE ISSUE WE HAD WAS PEOPLE
BASICALLY SELLING OUT OF THERE
BEEN IS JUST TO PUT YOU KNOW AND SO THEY'RE WHAT WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN THEN IS THAT IT WOULDN'T
ROLL AND SO WE DO HAVE
CERTIFIED SEED AND SEAT
INSPECTION THAT WE DO AS MY BASIC ON UNDERSTANDING IN THE
PROBLEM WE HAD WITH THE LOW RUN TO SEE IT WAS THAT THE
COMPLAINTS THAT WE GOT WERE
PEOPLE HAVE YOU KNOW OLD SEAT
FROM THE NEIGHBOR AND IT DIDN'T
GERMINATE AND SO THAT IS WHAT
WE LOOK OUTSIDE HAVE TO GET
MORE INFORMATION WE CAN DO THAT
TO THE COMMITTEE WHAT MADAME CHAIR REPRESENT ANDERSON I CAN
SPEAK THAT TO A FOR BIT.
SO ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED WITH THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS JUST CONSUMER
PROTECTION.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
PRODUCERS THAT ARE INTERESTING BUYING THOSE COVER CROP SEEDS ARE ACTUALLY GETTING WHAT
THEY'RE
PAYING FOR. WE DO WE ARE
TALKING WITHIN OUR PLANT PROTECTION DIVISION ABOUT WAYS TO CLARIFY AND PERHAPS SIMPLIFY
SOME OF LABELING PROCESS IS
THOSE PROCESSES.
BUT IT'S A IT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION I THINK WILL BE HAVING APPEAR EVEN IN SESSION.
THAT'S AND ANDERSON JUST A
FOOTBALL A THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR. ANY OTHER INCIDENCES OF
PALMER AMARANTH THAT THE CAME THE SUMMER BECAUSE OF A COVER CROP SEE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE IMPURE.
>> COMMISSIONER.
M CHAIR AND REP SANDERSON YES
AND THANK AND I ALSO WANT TO THINK THE LEGISLATURE TO
BECAUSE THE LAST 2. BIENNIUM TO
HAVE INVESTED IN A.
TO HELP FOR US FOR NOXIOUS WEED
PROGRAM AND WE HAVE BASICALLY
TO ME BEEN ABLE TO ARE REPORTS OF PALMER AMARANTH AND
THE STATE.
SO WE HAD 2; COUNTIES USE THEN
AND I
WHY ENTER LINCOLN ONE OF THE
COUNTIES AND WHY AND WESTERN
MINNESOTA. SO WE HAVE LIMITED
TO 2 COUNTIES US LAST YEAR AND
FORGOT THE
WAY ONE THAT MAY HAVE COME IN ON A TRUCK OR A CAN COME ON
A ON A DIFFERENT UH HUH BUT THE OTHER ONE IS STILL
UNDER INVESTIGATION AND
BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LIMIT THAT AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO
DO TO WITH EXPOSURE FROM A.
YOU KNOW WORKING WITH THE
SAVING DRAWERS AND SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION HAS BEEN
REALLY GOOD ABOUT HAVING FARMERS IDENTIFY IT AND WATCH OUT FOR IT; WE'VE ALSO
HAVE TAKEN ACTION.
ON SOME OF THE THAT'S THAT'S COME IN I'M IN THE PAST AND BE
ABLE TO LIMIT THAT.
SO I THINK THERE'S A GREATER AWARENESS; BUT IF YOU KNOW AND
IOWA JUST SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
THEY HAVE IT IN OVER 50 OF THEIR 99 COUNTIES WHERE WE'VE
BEEN LIMITED ABLE TO LIMIT IT
FOR NOW JUST A HANDFUL.
>> THANK YOU REPRESENTIVE HANSEN THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR;
AND WELCOME COMMISSIONER. MY QUESTION IS LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT SINCE WE'RE IN A
CLIMATE HEARING IN YOU KNOW
WHEN
I'M TRAVELING AROUND THE STATE I SEE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE A
LOT OF.
LOT OF BARNES WITH SOUTH FACING
SLOPES OR MACHINE SHEDS ARE
BUILDING THE ARE. PART OF THE
OLD
HOMESTEAD THAT. THERE'S STILL
ELECTRICITY GOING TO THOSE PLACES OR THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE
LIVING THERE AND SO
WITH CLIMATE. I'M IF THE
ADMINISTRATION IF YOU'VE LOOKED
AT. COULD THE LOW INTEREST LOANS
THROUGH THE RURAL
FINANCE AUTHORITY BE USED FOR SOLAR INSTALLATION ON BARNES OR
MACHINE SHED. OUR SILOS.
YOU KNOW BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN
FARM COUNTRY THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THAT COULD HELP REDUCE
COSTS FOR. FARMERS
AND HELP ON THE CLIMATE SIDE AS
WELL.
OR EVEN JUST INSTALLING I THINK
AT MORRIS THEY HAVE.
SOLAR THAT CATTLE CAN YOU KNOW
AND OR SO
THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE THE ENERGY SIDE OF IT WITH REDUCING
ENERGY COSTS. USING SOLAR WHICH
IS BECOMING CHEAPER
AND CHEAPER. AND THEN THE
SECOND THING IS OUR PRODUCERS FOR NOW CHARGE
FOR THE HOOK UP.
FIRST SOLAR. AND ALTHOUGH
THAT'S SOMETIMES IT VARIES BUT.
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NO
LONGER DOING THE TAX CREDIT FOR
SOLAR IF
THE STATE WOULD PROVIDE MAYBE A
REBATE FOR THAT HOOK UP CHARGE TO REDUCE THE COST AND TRYING
TO INSTALL SOLAR SO MY
QUESTIONS ARE KIND OF ON THE.
THE LOW INSIDER THE GRANT SIDE
IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN
DO TO INCENT SOLAR. IN MINNESOTA; PARTICULARLY IN
RURAL AREAS.
>> AND CHAIR DRIPS
AND HANSON. WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH AN RFA TO SEE LIKE
OF SOME OF THOSE PIECES WOULD
QUALIFY.
AND IKE I'M UP THE DOUBLE CHECK WITH YOU BUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE ISSUED ANY
JUST BECAUSE OF THE COMPETITORS
ARE LOANS FOR LIKE OUR
EQUIPMENT KNOWN. WE MAY NEED TO
CUT WEEK TO ALLOW THAT BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A BIG PIECE
THAT WE HAVE
BEEN ASKED BUT WE DO WORK ALIVE AND IS THIS WHAT THE COMPANY'S
QUITE A BIT.
ABOUT DIFFERENT PIECES ONE OF
THE THINGS OR PROMOTION
IS THAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT FARMERS ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT AND
TENSION
ABOUT PUTTING SOLAR ON THEIR
ROOFS BUT THEY SWITCH TO ON
GROUND JUST BECAUSE OF MAINE AND SEN. NOT SURE HOW LONG THE
BUILDING'S GOING TO BE THERE
AND SO I THINK A LOT OF THE
FARMERS AS THEY.
THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT SOLAR AND SAY I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON MY ROUGH; BUT THAT WHEN THE COMPANY GETS OUT THERE THEY
KIND OF TALK THEM THROUGH IT
AND THAT'S BEEN ONE OF MY SOME
STILL DO. BUT YOU KNOW I THINK
YOU BUT THAT THEY'LL STILL DO
IT THAT JUST PUT IT LIKE ON A ON THE TREE LINE WE SEE IT YOU
KNOW AGAIN DIFFERENT TO HOT FACILITIES; TURKEY FACILITIES
TO OR THAT OF THE
10 ACRE LOTS NOW LINING THE PERIMETER WITH SOLAR PANELS ARE
THE DRIVEWAY. AND SO THAT WILL
KEEP CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THAT THE SHADE OF MORRIS I ALSO
VISITED THAT THE SUMMER AND I THOUGHT THAT'S REALLY PROMISING A LOT OF THE
COMPANIES ARE REALLY. IT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES WE WORK
ON BECAUSE OF ATTACKS; A SON ISSUES AND SO
IF YOU'RE GRAZING CATTLE UNDER
THOSE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK OF THE PROPERTY
TAX A PIECE A LITTLE BIT AS
WELL. AND THEN THE HOOKUP IS
NOT SOMETHING THAT I WORK ON PER SE; BUT IT'S DEFINITELY AN
ISSUE A YEAR. THE ISSUE AT THE HOOKUP IS THAT
IT VARIES BETWEEN IT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 0 TO
$80 AS I UNDERSTAND
IT TO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING
I JUST WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY ONE OTHER
ISSUE THAT OUR STAFF WORKS ON.
ON OUR PLANNING IS LOOKING AT
WHERE LARGER SCALE SOLAR IS
BEING. PLACED IN COMMUNITIES
THE ISSUE OF USING A PRODUCTIVE LAND ARE NOT
UNPRODUCTIVE LAND ARE HIGHLY
RELATABLE LANDON. WE HAVE A
TASK FORCE OF SOME WORKING THROUGH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ON
THAT AND I THINK THAT THAT'S
ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES PEOPLE. SAM FOR SOLAR; BUT IS THIS THE
BEST LAND TO PUT IT ON OR YOU KNOW AND THEN HOW LONG DOES
THAT EXIST THERE AND SO
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES WE WORK FOR BUT ALSO INTERESTED IN A FINANCING PARTNER KEEP
WORKING ON THAT.
THANK YOU AND I KNOW THIS AFTERNOON; WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
MINNESOTA AND THEIR RESEARCH TOO.
>> MAY BE A PART OF THAT AS WELL SO I THINK WE'RE READY TO
MOVE ON TO MISS TO TEST IT.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
YOU MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET; MADAM CHAIR THAT WE'RE
GOING TO HEAR ABOUT RESEARCH IN
ON THE GROUND IMPLEMENTATION
AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
IT WILL BE ENGAGE ON THE ISSUE
OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MULTIPLE OF THE VARIOUS WAYS;
INCLUDING THE RESEARCH INMATE. HERE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT
LATER BUT HUM. A
LOT OF FOLKS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN WHAT WE'RE DOING ON
THE GROUND ON THE FARM.
AND SO WE THOUGHT WE'D SPEND SOME TIME AT
THE BEGINNING OF OUR
PRESENTATION JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE COUPLE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT
ARE ALL ABOUT ON THE FARM ON THE GROUND IMPLEMENTATION AND
SO TO KICK US OFF.
WE HAVE BRAD REDLAND FROM A WITH OUR MINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION
PROGRAM. WELCOME TO THE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU CHAIR; SPREAD TO ALL RED WING
MINNESOTA PART OF A CULTURE AND SO THEY WANT TO CAUSE HER TO
GET A
PROGRAM MANAGER. WANT TO TAKE
THIS TIME TODAY; THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME TO DESCRIBE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT REALLY
MINNESOTA ALONE HAVE.
>> IN CLIMATE
ISSUES AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT INTERSECT WITH THAT AND
ACTUALLY EXTEND OUT FROM REALLY
THROUGH THIS VEHICLE THAT WE
HAVE. THAT
OTHER STATES TO NOT THAT'S BEING THE AQUATIC PRESERVE
OCCASION PROGRAM SO I WANT TO
KIND OF STEP THROUGH THE
PROCESS ISN'T REALLY COMPONENTS
THAT PROVIDE IS THIS UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY. I'M STARTING FIRST
WITH JUST A QUICK PREVIEW OF
WHAT WE DO AND WE WANT EQUALITY
CERTIFY FARMS; IT'S IT'S A
RISK ASSESSMENT. THAT TAKES
REALLY SEARCHING OUT FOR THOSE RISKS THAT ARE POSED TO A TO
WATER ON FARMS.
BUT THAT RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS IS WAY OF LOOKING PART
WAS ON A FARM. A ROGUE COP
ACRES PAST RECORDS THAT ARE
MAYBE AND TO SEE WHAT RISKS MAKER IT'S A IT'S NOT ULTIMATELY ROCKET SCIENCE YOU
LOOK AT THE SOIL; A CHARACTERISTIC SHOOK UP THE
SLOPE YOU LOOK AT THE BUT THAT.
HISTORY OF PRECEPT ON A MONTHLY
BASIS COMPARED TO WHAT MIGHT BE
COVERING THE GROUND DURING
THOSE TYPICAL MONTHS DURING THAT PART OF THE ROTATION YOU JUST LOOK AT THE TELEGENIC ERS
AND THROUGH AS THEY SHUN
CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT ALL THOSE
THINGS AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE DO IS DO WHOLE FARM
ASSESSMENT LOOKING FOR THOSE RISKS IN FINDING REALLY THE
BASELINE FOR WHAT'S TAKING PLACE. AND OF COURSE WHAT WE DO
IS ELTON WITH WHEN CERTIFYING A FARM IS GIVEN THAT THAT CAN
YOUR CONTRACT THAT SAYS A
WE WILL BE PERFORMING THIS THE LEVELS OF STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ON YOUR FARM THAT IS
A TURN TO THIS THAT
CERTIFICATION AND WE HAD THAT
THAT CONTRACT THEN WITH THEM WERE THERE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR THAT TO CONTINUE 10 YEAR
PERIOD.
THAT'S THE PROGRAM OF THE
PROCESS OF DELIVERING A CERTIFICATION; BUT THE OUR APPROACH TO GETTING CERTIFICATION LIVER IS REALLY
ALL ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS WERE WE HELD THE PROGRAM IN MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT BAG BUT WE ARE FULL
PARTNERS WITH OUR
OUR BOARD OF WATER AND SO RESOURCES. THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY THE
DEPARTMENT AT THE RESOURCES. WE HAVE THE STATE LEVEL
PARTNERSHIP
PROVIDE GREAT BENEFITS ACROSS PROGRAM DELIVERY AND INFORMING
THE DELIVERY THAT WE DO FROM THOSE OTHER OTHER AGENCIES AND
ALSO A
I APPRECIATE HAVING THEM TODAY
TO BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT SOME MORE GREATER DETAIL WITH VOUCHERS TALK ABOUT THIS ALL HEALTH EFFORTS IN CONSERVATION DELIVERY THAT THOUGH WE DO IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THEM IN WHOSE CONTROL
AGENCY TALKING ABOUT THE
CLIMATE IMPACTS AND MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION OPPORTUNITIES IN
AGRICULTURE; SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL AND
THOSE ITEMS BUT THEM YOU WANT
TO FEATURE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS
CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP IN TERMS OF
DELIVERING A PROGRAM IS THERE.
MINNESOTA EGG. MINNESOTA SOMEBODY CONSERVATION
DISTRICT THAT
EXIST IN A IN ALL THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THIS STATE
THAT ARE THE A
I WAS CALLING THE CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM OR THE SPINAL
COLUMN OF OUR PROGRAM IT'S IT'S
THAT LOCAL DELIVERY OF CONSERVATION AN EXPERTISE THAT REALLY PROVIDES A SERVICE THAT
AGO OR CEQA FELT FOR AND AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL WE DO HAVE PARTNERS THERE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT RESOURCE CONSERVATION
SERVICE;
THE USDA WHO RECENTLY WERE
PROUD TO SAY ITS WORD US
ANOTHER 5 YEARS OF THE REGION CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM; A WORD THAT ANOTHER $9
MILLION THAT GOES NOT INTO OUR
COFFERS. BUT OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY FOR THE FOR THE
PROVIDERS IN THE FARMERS
THEMSELVES FOR ADOPTING PRACTICES; IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A PENNY THAT COMES TO OUR BOTTOM LINE; BUT IT'S ALL THE US STATE COMMITS TO THOSE GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND WHAT OF COURSE
CERTIFICATION. SO.
THAT'S A THAT'S OUR PUBLIC
PARTNERS BAR PRIVATE PARTNERS
ARE WHERE WE ARE WORKING A ARE
REALLY GROWING WE UH WE HAVE A LONGSTANDING YOUTH THE LAND O
LAKES AND WE RECENTLY
RECEIVED THE FIRST EVER PUBLIC
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AWARD FROM
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP IS AN EXAMPLE TO
THE REST OF THE NATION WE'VE YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE FIELD THE MARKET CONSORTIUM THAT'S
THAT
AGRICULTURE CORPORATE GLOBAL AGRICULTURE CORPORATIONS THAT
WE AS A PROGRAMMER;
ONE OF THE FEW STATE
REPRESENTATIVE TO PARTICIPATE
IN THAT GROUP AND WE HAVE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THAT SAID
WHEN THE LAKES HORMEL
FOODS WORKING WITH US INTO WATERSHEDS WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SERVICES THE LOCAL
REGIONAL CO-OP THAT DELIVERS
SERVICES TO THEIR GOER WHEN WE WHEN WE ALL WORK
TOGETHER LIKE THAT WHAT WE'RE
REALLY DOING IS JUST PLUS ING UP THE SERVICES THAT WILL PROVIDE THE GOERS IN
COOPERATION IN A
AND COMPEAN COMPLEMENTARY PASSION TO REALLY PROVIDE
GREATER SERVICE OR GOERS IN
THAT KIND OF PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP THAT IS CENTRAL TO OUR WORK AND SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE TO
DO.
SOMETHING WORTH NOTING TOO THAT WE HAVEN'T HAVE A PRIVATE INDUSTRY THAT BREWS BEER THAT GETS WHAT TALK TAXES ARE
CERTIFIED FROM SOMEONE. ACROSS
THE SITE IS OPEN TO SEEING
THAT.
BUT WHAT WE DO IS PAID OR SAID
AT THE OUTSET IS THAT UH WE IMPLEMENT PRACTICES WE GOTTEN
ASSESS FOR RISK AND THEN WE IMPLEMENT PRACTICE THAT THE
FARMER CHOOSES THE FARMER
DETERMINES WHAT. MEANS THEY
WANT TO USE TO MITIGATE CONCERNS OR TO A ADOPT THINGS THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN
DOING ON THEIR FARM AND THEN WE PROVIDE THAT TECHNICAL AND
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
PROVIDED IMPLEMENTATION VERY
SMALL PRINT WHOLE LOT OF
PRACTICES BUT IT'S JUST THE FLAVOR OF THE STUFF THAT HAPPENS TO OUR PROGRAM
ESSENTIALLY
EVERY DAY. WE ARE OUT FROM PROVIDING THE SERVICE IS
TREATING THE RESOURCE CONCERNS
AND SUPPORTING OUR ARE GOING TO
PARTICIPATE WITH US.
AND WE'RE PROUD OF THE RESULTS
THAT WE'RE GETTING SO FAR
AGAIN STILL NOT THIS MORNING UP
A TEXT FROM A STAFF PERSON SIZE
OF THIS MORNING. I CAN UPDATE
THE NUMBERS TO A A 100 29TH
CERTIFY PRODUCERS AND 500 64TH
OUT THERE 66;200 ACRES UNDER CERTIFICATION. SO IT DOES
CHANGE FOR
ESSENTIALLY DAILY. AND IT'S
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT KIND OF
PRECIPITOUS CONTINUE TO GROW
BUT THE IT'S A DIFFERENT SNAPSHOT HERE OF A NEW PRACTICES THAT ARE ADOPTED IN
ORDER TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION.
WE UH WE RECORD.
WITH THIS ASSISTANCE OF OUR
AGAIN ANOTHER AGENCY PARTNERS
BOWS IN PARTICULAR AND PUSH
CONTROL AGENCY IN ASSESSING WHAT THOSE PRACTICES ARE ACHIEVING AND WE'VE GOT SOME
SOME SAMPLE NUMBERS THERE BUT
THE OH THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS FOR
THE NEWLY ADOPTED PRACTICES
THAT THAT FOLKS HAVE TAKEN A TO
PARTICIPATE REPLICATION THERE'S CERTAINLY A GREAT DEAL
CONSERVATION OUT THERE ON THE
GROUND WHEN A WHEN WE ARRIVED
IF YOU WILL AT THE FARM AND IT
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO A NO AND TRACK AND OBVIOUSLY CREDIT
THEM FOR FOR ITS OWN GOOD
REPORT THAT IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE PARTIES BECAUSE THAT'S IS ALREADY EARNED BENEFIT THAT
THERE THEY'RE CREATING
THE SAME TIME FOR REPORTING OUTCOME NUMBERS. WE CERTAINLY
WANT TO RESPECT THAT ONLY TO
WHAT WE CAN A CLAIM IN OUR
LOCAL PARTNERS CAN CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR HAVING ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THOSE NUMBERS COME
COME FROM.
WE AT THE STATE HAS A PARTNERSHIP WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD
IDENTIFYING WHAT IS REALLY
OBVIOUS. IT'S NOT THE NOT NOT A
GREAT FEAT TO IDENTIFY THAT WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE A FEELING IS RISK TREATING RESOURCE
CONCERN AS WE ARE
BUT YOU'RE ADDING MULTIPLE BENEFITS AS COLD BENEFITS TO THE INTERVENTIONS THAT OCCUR
NATURALLY SO WE.
HAVE CREATED ENDORSEMENTS IF
YOU WILL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALREADY ENGAGED WITH US AND
MIGHT PERFORM ADDITIONAL EXTRA
CREDIT IF YOU ACTIVITIES THAT MAY NOT BE STRICTLY WATER
RELATED BUT WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF THINGS THAT INTEGRATED
PEST MANAGEMENT TOO
TO COMBAT THE THE RESISTANCE
THAT WE WE SAY LET'S TAKE AN EXTRA STEP IF YOU LIKE TO
COMBAT A ROUGH USE THE
TECHNIQUES THAT WITH THE COMBAT THE GROWING RESISTANCE
CHALLENGES WE SEE IN WEEDS AND
OTHER THE OTHER PATH; SO HAVE A
ENDORSEMENT FOR THAT WE HAVE AN
EMBARRASSMENT THAT
DEVELOPED FOR FOR WILDLIFE
HABITAT BUT TO ALSO CAN BE
CERTAINLY EXPANDED THROUGH THROUGH THE WORK THAT WE DO SELL HEALTH PRACTICES WHICH ARE
REALLY CENTRAL TO A TO WANT TO CLOSE YOUR
VACATION IN CENTRAL THE CLIMATE WHICH I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT; BUT I THINK TOWARDS THAT
POINT THE IT'S THE SO
COMPONENT THAT MOST ANSWERS ALL
THESE CONCERNS IF I COULD BE
THAT THE THAT BOLD AND WE ARE
CERTAINLY AS LOOKING FORWARD ON THE CLIMATE
PRACTICE IN MITIGATION BECAUSE
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY IN
AGRICULTURE RIGHT BECAUSE IT IS THE CHALLENGE THAT. THEY'RE FACING IS THE FRONT LINE
RECIPIENTS OF THE WEIRD
WEATHER. THEY ARE ALSO THE
FRONTLINE OPPORTUNITY
THE CHIEF MITIGATION ADAPTATION FOR THOSE CHALLENGES THAT ARE
PRESENTED TO THEM FIRST AN
A OR PRIMARILY I THINK IN FROM
FROM MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
ENGAGING ON THIS. IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THEM TO EXTRACT.
EARNED EARNED BENEFIT FROM THE MARKETPLACE FOR THE VALUE THAT
THEY'RE PROVIDING WHEN THEY DO THEY INTERACTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS THAT WE TALK
ABOUT.
WHAT WE'VE
STARTED TO DO WITH THE AGAIN
THE PARTNERSHIP OF OUR FEDERAL
AGENCIES AS WELL BEGUN TRACKING THE CLIMATE IMPACTS THE PRACTICES THAT WE ARE
INSTALLING IT'S NOT JUST THE A.
THE NITROGEN REDUCTION
FOSSETT'S REDUCTION SEDIMENT TO SOIL LOSS NUMBERS THAT ALREADY
GIVEN YOU BUT WE'RE NOW
TRACKING THE EMISSION REDUCTIONS THAT CURFEW THOUGH THOSE NEW PRACTICES THAT ARE
INSTALLED THE FEE THAT THE.
ABOUT 50 TO 60% OF THE PRACTICE
THAT WE INSTALL HAVE A
THAT PCA HAS A AS.
IDENTIFIED THROUGH A THROUGH THEIR RESEARCH WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT IT LATER INSURER
REALLY 21 PRACTICES IN THE
INITIAL REACTION THAT THEY CAN
ACHIEVE AN AGRICULTURE INTERVENTIONS IN WE FIND THAT
OF THE LIST HOST PRACTICES
I SHARED WITH EARLY ABOUT 50 OR
60% OF THEM CORRESPOND WITH
THOSE ONE OF THOSE 21 CABLE
ITEMS. ITEMS ON THAT TABLE WE
SEE 37;000.
SHE'LL QUE EQUIVALENT TONS OF
EMISSION REDUCTIONS FROM THE PRACTICE THAT ON AVERAGE THAN
AND EACH PRACTICE IMPLEMENTED.
THAT'S ABOUT 30 TH'S 37 TONS OF
A OF. SO 2 EQUIVALENT.
EMISSIONS REDUCED
HER PRACTICE. WHAT'S THAT MEAN
I DIDN'T KNOW MYSELF EITHER
THAT'S ABOUT 7 OR 8 PASSENGER
VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD EACH YEAR. JUST THAT ONE PRACTICE OF
THAT THAT REDUCTION THAT'S
ABOUT IT'S ABOUT WHAT EQUATES TO IN A WAY THAT LEAST HELPS ME
VISUALIZE IT A
LITTLE BETTER. SO WE ARE
EXCITED ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENT THAT IS OCCURRING EVERY DAY
JUST IN THE CONDUCT OF THAT WORK. BUT WE'RE ALSO EXCITED
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
DO MORE IN THE RAIN'S NOT JUST A MITIGATING EMISSIONS BUT THE
ADAPTATION COMPONENT TO BE ABLE
TO BUILD RESILIENCY OR AGRICULTURE BECAUSE WE WANT EVERY VOTE TO BE VIABLE AND BE ABLE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES
THAT ARE AHEAD.
WHAT CERTIFICATION DOES TO
THE CONSERVATION. INTERVENTIONS
THAT WE DO IS PRIMARILY A SOIL
HEALTH FOCUS. WHEN WE
ADD THAT THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF COVER CROPS THAT WE DO ARE THE VILLAGE REVISION TO
THE. LEGEND EFFICIENCY THAT
THAT OCCURS IT'S ALL REALLY IN
SUPPORT OF SOIL HEALTH AND IT'S WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE RECEIVED
IT THROUGH SO HELP THEM.
THE WATER INFILTRATION TO UH TO
ASSIST THE GO OR UNDER
CONDITIONS OF EXCESS
HIGH VOLUME.
PRECIPITATION OR SPONGE NATURE
OF THE FIELD THAT WILL ASSIST
IT IN AND WHEN DROUGHT CHALLENGES ARE THE RISE FROM
THE WILD AND
WEIRD WEATHER. IT'S REALLY
CERTAINLY A RISK MANAGEMENT
EFFORT TO HAVE A GREATER RESILIENCE SENIOR FARMING
OPERATION THAT CAN WITHSTAND
THESE CHANGES. WHICH IS BECOMES VERY LIBERAL WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT US TO THIS MAN OF THAT
AGE RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY IN
CROP INSURANCE.
THE RISK MEANT THEY DON'T
REPORT SAYS THAT CLIMATE IS GOING INCREASE THEIR COST
BETWEEN 1030%.
OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND
WITHOUT MEDICATION. IT WOULD
BE IS AT THAT HEIGHT AND THE 30% INCREASE COSTS FOR THE GROWERS AND FOR ALL REALLY ON
THE TAXPAYERS THAT SUPPORT IT AND THEN CERTAINLY THE CARBON
STORAGE BUT.
WHAT THE WHAT ALL THOSE COMPONENTS WOULD LEAD ME TO DO
WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXTRACT VALUE FOR THE GROWERS
FOR WHAT THEY'VE EARNED THEY'VE EARNED THIS VALUE AND
THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE BEING
REALIZE NOW AND IN THE MOST DIRECT WAY AND SO THERE'S A LOT
OF CONVERSATION GOING ON ABOUT
MARKETPLACE OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY MAY BE CALLED PAY FOR PERFORMANCE THAT MITT BUT
CAUGHT CREDIT MARKET SYSTEMS.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PAYMENTS HAS
A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THOSE THOSE ASPECTS AND UH AND WE'VE CERTAINLY BEEN ENGAGED IN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS ON A LOCAL STATE
AND NATIONAL LEVEL WHAT'S WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
IDENTIFY PERHAPS MORE TELLING
TO ME IS WHAT FOLKS THAT WE'VE
HAD BEEN ENGAGING WITH THAT
TOLD US.
IS A THERE ARE 3 PRIMARY COMPONENT IF YOU WILL TO
INTERVENING IN THE MARKETPLACE.
IN THESE IN THESE WAYS.
FIRST BEING THAT IF YOU'RE
GOING TO BE IDENTIFYING MARKET
VALUE FOR AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE
THE CUSTOMS SERVICE; CURRENT CREDIT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT IF
YOU WILL YOU CAN EXISTING
CONDITIONS; YOU GOT YOU HAVE TO
KNOW THE BASELINE CONDITIONS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS NEW AN
ADDITIVE TO CREATE AND EARNED A
YOU KNOW; NEW ACTION THAT NEW
OR IS THAT CREDIT. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IF YOU'RE
GOING.
INTEGRATE WITH THE MARKETPLACE
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SET A
BASELINE. VANS OF A GOT A CLOSER TO CATION THESE MARKETPLACE FOLKS HAVE REPORTED
TO US IS THAT WE DO THAT
RISK ASSESSMENT LOOK AT EVERY
PARCEL EVERY ROTATION WE SEE
EVERY IMPLEMENT THAT'S GOING ON WE SEE THE FERTILIZER
MANAGEMENT WE HAVE A BASELINE THAT NO ONE IN THE NATION
CURRENTLY HAS A LOOK AT A FARM FIELD WE ALREADY HAVE THE BASE
FIND IN PLACE. WE KNOW WHAT
CURRENT CONDITIONS ARE SECONDLY
YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT'S
ADDITIVE WELL OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE DO OUR WORK WEEK WE HAVE SET THAT BASELINE AND THEN WE
INTERVENE WITH THE PRACTICES
AND MANAGEMENT THAT THE FORMER CHOOSE CHOOSE TO ADOPT A PAIN
CERTIFICATION. WELL THAT'S THAT'S THE ADDITIVE RIGHT THERE THAT YOU KNEW PRACTICE; THAT'S
WHAT BURNING THE CREDITS
EARNING THE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION BENEFITS FOR THE FOR THE CONSERVATION IN THE END THE
CLIMATE.
AND IT'S IT'S THERE IT'S MAP
AND TRACK PRIVATELY IT
PART OF THAT WE DON'T SHARE
THAT INFORMATION FOR THE GROWERS SAKE; BUT IT IS A MAP
AND TRACKED AND AVAILABLE FOR
FOR A PROVING OUT WITH UNDER 10
YEAR CONTRACT AS WE SAID WITH
WITH AGO OR SO THE MARKETPLACE KNOWS THAT THAT THAT SERVICES
THERE AND BEING PROVIDED.
AND THEN A CRITICAL PILLAR
THAT I LIKE IS THAT IT RELIES ON PICKING LIKE THAT THIS IS
THE PILLAR; BUT IT IS AND
OUR CONVERSATIONS THE FOCUS OF
FOLKS HAVE IDENTIFIED TO US THAT A PRIMARY ISSUE HERE IS
THE IDEAL
WELL THE BURNING THE PAYMENT. THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT PROVIDING PAYMENTS TO PRODUCERS
WHO ARE. NICE TO A COUPLE OF
TALK BUT THEY SAY THEY WANT TO
PAY THE POLLUTER THERE'S PEOPLE
CREATE THESE MARKETPLACES AND
THEY SAY WELL WE'VE GOT
SOMEBODY DOING SOMETHING WRONG
AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THEM TO STOP DOING THAT THING
THAT IS WRONG AND WE DON'T
REALLY WE DON'T REALLY ABIDE BY THAT WHEN WE WANT TO SET UP A
MARKET SYSTEM.
THEY IDENTIFY AND WE EXPLAIN AS
WELL WELL HOW ABOUT IF THEY'RE
EARNING
THEIR PAYMENT. FOR THE COVER
COPS; THE PLANNING AND THE NAKED IN FISH AND SEE THAT THE PLUMMETING AND THE OTHER CLIMATE BENEFITS THEY'RE
PROVIDING. IN THOSE INSTANCES
IN THOSE THOSE INTERVENTIONS
BUT MEANTIME THERE
1208 TO 1200 ACRES HAVE ALL
BEEN DRY POINT CERTIFIED AND RISK ASSESSED AND MITIGATED
FREE ANY NEGATIVES THAT OF
OCCURRED. THEY'RE CREATING A STEWARDSHIP LEVEL TO EARN THE
RIGHT IF YOU A SOCIAL LICENSE
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MARKET.
IT'S
SOMETHING THAT I'D BE I THINK
THE FOLKS TELL US THAT THEY WANT TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEM ON A MECHANISM LIKE THAT
THAT SAYS.
THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE THAT WE WANT TO
PROVIDE PAYMENTS TO WE WANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF A
JUSTIFICATION.
IT'S A REAL THING AND I DIDN'T
WANT KNOW IGNORE IT;
BUT THE SUMMATION AND BEING
WELL THE GROWERS
ARE EARNING THIS VALUE THROUGH THEIR ACTIONS IN PROVIDING
ADAPTATION MITIGATION BENEFITS
THAT THAT VALUE
SHOULD BE TRIED TO THEM THAT
SHOULD BE MONETIZED TO THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WE WERE
PURSUING THAT EFFORT IN MINNESOTA THROUGH A STRUCTURE
THAT IS ALREADY UP AND
RUNNING EXISTS AND IS AVAILABLE EVERY DAY IN THE CERTIFIED
FARMS EVERY DAY. WE HAVE THE
STRUCTURE HERE AND IT IS A STANDING BY WE ARE READY
ALREADY.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS; I'D BE
HAPPY TO AND THANK YOU MISTER THAT THEN I THINK THEY HAVE A
COUPLE OF THAT REPRESENT A
POSTER. THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR; SIR.
YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE I THINK
THE CHANGE THE NUMBER TO
CERTIFIED PRODUCERS.
>> CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT PERCENT OF THE 2 STORES IN
THE STATE THAT THAT IS WE'RE
ABOUT DONE. BUT SIR.
CHAIR AND REPRESENT WE ARE AT ABOUT 2% OF A GLINT RIGHT NOW.
>> YES
TO THAT. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
SO I MY DISTRICT SHOCKING PM
WE'RE IN THE LOWER MINNESOTA
WATERSHED DISTRICT AND ONE BIG
THING THAT'S A CONCERN MIAMI
RESIDENTS AS WATER QUALITY
MINNESOTA RIVER AND WHAT WHAT
KIND OF ADDITIONAL THINGS ARE
YOU IN THE DOING FOR
ADDING MORE. WETLANDS AND RET WELL AND RESTORATION I KNOW
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF
FOCUSES
THAT HAVE AS WELL LOOKING AT WE
KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE RUNOFF
COMES FROM A PILING IN
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE KEEP ADDING MORE TILING WHICH IS
NECESSARY FOR ROW.
WATER MANAGEMENT BUT IT ALSO INCREASES THE MINIMUM AMOUNT PARTICULATES AND RUN OFF INTO
THE MINNESOTA RIVER AND SO WHAT KINDS OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING
ON THAT FRONT FOR RAW KEEPING. SOIL WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE. DOING WHAT WE CAN FOR WETLAND
MANAGEMENT.
THANK YOU CHAIR PERCENT OF.
>> APPRECIATE THE BUT I GUESS IT WOULD TAKE THAT ONE STEP
BACK AND SAY WE WHEN WE WORK
WITH THE GOER IT IS THIS RISK
ASSESSMENT PROCESS SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE IDENTIFYING
THIS BASELINE. THE OF WHAT ARE THE PRACTICE OF WHAT IS GOING
ON IN THIS PARCEL IS THERE IS THERE TYLER'S THERE ARE THEY'RE OPEN TITLE AND
LET'S THAT ARE IN THE FIELD AND NOT COULD TO THOSE TILES LET'S
BE TREATED. WHAT IS THE THE
MATTER KILA JET IS GOING IN TERMS WHAT KIND OF GROUND
COVER IS GOING TO BE THERE.
12 MONTHS HERE. AND THE FURTHER THEY FROM THE COURSE OF THE
KURDS BUT ARE
THEY FALLING. THE U OF M REX FOR THE FOR THEIR INACTION
APPLICATIONS.
AND A NEW YORK; THE GARDEN WAY THAT IT WORKS FOR THEM SO THAT
THEY CANNOT CAN MEET THOSE AND
MITIGATE THOSE RISKS AS THEY
IDENTIFIED SO WE ARE VERY.
COGNIZANT OF THE UH UH.
ACROSS THE STATE ON THE
RESOURCE CONCERNS WITH CERTAIN THAT MISTER VALLI THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE
WERE QUITE AWARE OF AN AN
INTERVENTION THAT WE DO THEN IS
TO UH FIND THE RISKS EXIST ON A
ON AN ACRE IF YOU WILL. AND FIND WAYS TO MITIGATE THOSE
SO WE
I'M FRANKLY
THAT ARE PART OF THE APPRECIATE
THE WORK OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS WHEN THEY DO THE INTERVENTION BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS FINDING THE ACTUAL ISSUES THAT
ARE IT
PLAY HERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN APPROACH SOME PEOPLE IT WILL TAKE A DIRECT APPROACH
CONSERVATION MORNING WAY OF
I HAVE A MENU OF 5 PRACTICES AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ADOPT
THESE BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE GOOD IN A GROWER WILL LOOK AT
THAT AND SAY WELL THAT IS DOESN'T EVEN SPEAK TO ME IT'S
NOT MY OPERATIONS IS NOT WHAT I
NEED AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE ACTUAL RISK
TO THE PRESIDENT OF
MY FARM. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE
CONSTRUCTED THIS PROGRAM FROM
DAY ONE FROM THE GROUND UP THE
SAYING THAT MITIGATE WHAT THE
CONCERN IS WHAT THE RISK IS
BEING POSED TO MODERATE THAT SO HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES ARE HERE
TO UH TO CORRECT THE CHALLENGE
AND WE REALLY FEEL THE
PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE INCREASINGLY I HAVE ALWAYS HAD
AN INCREASING HAVING WITH IT
WAS A DISTRICT WITH A LOCAL
PARTNER PARTIES YOU
CERTIFICATION IS A AGAIN TOOL
THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE TO ENGAGE IN THERE
AND THEY'RE WATERSHED IN THERE LOCAL REGION WITH THAT WITH THE MECHANISM THAT'S AWAITING NEWS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS
REPRESENTATIVE CLYBURN.
THANK YOU MADAM I HAVE ACTUALLY 2 QUESTIONS AND NOT JUST GIVEN TO BOTH YOU CAN SEE
IF THEY'RE RELATED.
>> SO THE FIRST QUESTION.
CAN FARMERS APPROACH NEW CARBON
OFFSET MARKET WITHOUT BEING
PART OF THIS AND THEY W Q C P
THAT QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
THE SECOND ONE IS I AND IT;
YOU KNOW PEOPLE FORGET SOYBEAN ADOPTION TEAM WITH CREDITS IN
THE VERY BEGINNING FARMERS WERE
PAID TO MITIGATE THAT RISK OF PLANTING
THIS NEW CROP SLEEPING. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE
COVER CROPS THAT WOULD HELP.
OUR FARMERS AND WE'RE LOOKING
AT THE VALUATION WHAT THAT
RISK MITIGATION CREDIT MIGHT
LOOK LIKE. DO WE HAVE IS THAT
BASED ON THEIR PRIOR PRODUCTIVITY. HOW HAVE WILL
KIND OF IS THAT BEING ASSESSED
AND IS THAT A QUESTION. THAT'S
CLEAR. MR. S A CHAIR ACCIDENT.
THANK >> YOU'RE ASKING HOW THE MARKET
WOULD
VALUE THE PLANNING OF THE COVER
CROPS; SOMETHING LIKE RIGHT SO
IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT FROM RISK MITIGATION
STANDPOINT; YOU KNOW YOU
WOULDN'T PROBABLY GOING TO GUARANTEE A 100% OF WHAT THEIR
PREVIOUS CROP MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
SO HOW IS
THAT FORMULA CONSTRUCTIVE I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION THINK
I CAN TO GET THEM.
ON THE FIRST ONE
THE A WHAT SHOULD BE SPEAKING ON THURSDAY CARBON OFFSET
MARKET THAT EXISTS.
ENGAGE WITH IT. THERE ARE SOME
EFFORTS THAT ARE TEMPTED BEING
LAUNCHED OUT THERE WE'VE WE'VE
TALKING WITH SPOKEN WITH FOLKS
LET'S PRESIDENT INDIGO AG IS TALKING ABOUT THEIR TARIFFS ON
AN INITIATIVE IN. LEAVE DISCUSS
TALK TO THE STILL IN THIS. STILL HAVING A
CONVERSATION NOT A
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE BUT I GUESS I BACK OFF FURTHER
NOT THOUGHT GOING ON TOO LONG;
BUT THE A IMPORTANT ASPECT OF
ON.
ENGAGING WAY WE DO IS THAT
ANOTHER PARTY; AN ECOSYSTEM SERVICE MARKETPLACE CONSORTIUM WHICH IS MADE UP OF RELIGIOUS.
THE CIRCLE CORE GROUP OF FOUNDERS OF THAT PARTICULAR INITIATIVE INCLUDES AN ALL-MALE
WITH AMANDA
LAKES AND SYNGENTA AND CARGILL AND OTHERS AND THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT DOING A MINNESOTA.
PILOT PERHAPS SOME OR HOPEFULLY
END THE 8TH I BELIEVE
CERTIFICATION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PROVIDES THOSE 3
PILLARS THAT YOU HAVE I'M LOOKING EVERYTHING FROM A SUPPLY STANDPOINT RIGHT; WE'RE
SUPPLYING THESE BENEFITS
THEY'RE LOOKING AT YOU KNOW. CREATING A STRUCTURE LIKE YOU
SAID OF BOTH OF THEM. HAVING A
MARKETPLACE TO BEGIN WITH. SO THERE'S INTEREST AS HAVING
THOSE PILLARS
IN PLACE DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT
BECAUSE IF I KNOW; BUT IF THEY
ARE THEN YOU'VE ALREADY GOT BASELINE GUARD ATTITUDE ARE GOT CONTRACTS; YOU'VE GOT THINGS THAT THEY VALUE IN
CONSTRUCTION; THESE THINGS
TO THE SECOND POINT YOU'RE VALUING THESE UM AGAIN I LEAVE
THAT TO THE TO THE MARKET
CREATORS.
BUT I THE WAY THAT THEY DO APPROACH IT IS A FOR INSTANCE
WITH THE SYSTEM MARKET CONSORTIUM THAT WE'VE TALKED TO BE CONSISTENT SERVICE MARKING CERTAIN THAT WE'RE TALKING TO.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT
RELIGIOUS COMPONENTS. ARE THE
PRACTICE IS DELIVERING WHAT A
CLAIM BENEFITS. SO
CARBON SEQUESTRATION OR A
WATER; A QUANTITY. REDUCTION.
BUT THE VARIATION SYSTEM THAT
SORT OF THING. SO THEY THEY DIET BASED ON THAT
THEY DON'T IT'S THE THE
THE VALUE OF THE CROP THIS IN A
SO INTRIGUING TO IT ALL IT'S JUST THAT. THEY'RE DOWNING THOSE BENEFITS THAT THE
MARKETPLACE IS A VALUE. THANK YOU. ALL REPSONDED
ANDERSON. THANK YOU; MADAM
CHAIR; JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON
IT. A QUICK QUESTION I WILL I WOULD RAISE GOT BROUGHT UP AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THERE ARE
A LOT OF FOLKS THAT THAT SAY
THAT FEEL THAT
IS TILED IN MANY CASES HAS BETTER WATER HOLDING CAPACITY
THAN THE FIELD; IT'S NOT TILE.
>> THE SOILS MORE MELLOW IT
WILL ABSORB MORE RAIN WHEN YOU
GET THAT PIT THE 2; 3; 4 INCH
RAINFALL. SO IT'S NOT ALL DOOM
AND GLOOM WITH TILE DRAINAGE EITHER BUT MY QUESTION SIR HAS
TO DO WITH THE ON YOUR
TO THE BASELINE. HOW YOU
ESTABLISH A BASELINE.
INTO THE BASELINE SOUNDS LIKE
SOMETHING LIKE WHAT IS NORMAL
IN THESE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WEATHER EXTREMES WHAT IS NORMAL
FOR TALKING SEDIMENT RUNOFF YOU GET A 6 INCH RAINFALL YOU'RE
GOING TO GET MORE RUNOFF WATER
AND SEDIMENT
SO WHAT ARE YOU TRACKING WHEN
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A NORMAL
BASELINE AND HOW DO YOU ESTABLISH A BASELINE AND IN
TODAY'S OF ERRATIC WEATHER
SYSTEMS AND THREATENED. THE
CHAIR OF THE SENATE THANK >> I GUESS THE BASELINE DATA
AND DESCRIBING IS A LITTLE. THE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE ON THAT. WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE BASELINE CONDITIONS ON THAT
FARM IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY THE RESPONSE I
GUESS WE'RE TALKING THAT WE'RE
SEEING WHAT ARE THE EXISTING PRACTICE OF THE MANAGEMENT THAT
ARE CURRENT THAT'S THE BASE
THUNDER SETTING AND THEN WE
IDENTIFY WHERE THAT CHANGES I
MEAN A LOT OF WHAT WE FIND IS
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
PART BECAUSE THE WELL KNOW THERE'S OUTSTANDING STEWARDSHIP
PERFORMANCE GOING ON ALREADY MOST FARMS. THERE'S THERE'S
SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE TRACK IS
ABOVE THE BASELINE AND IT'S IT
IS ABOUT THE RESILIENCY WE CERTAINLY DON'T FIND THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVE SO
HEALTH TO INCREASE OR FROM THE FIELD ORGANIC MATTER OF FACT
THE THINGS THAT THAT
REALLY BUTTRESS AND PROVIDE THE ARMOR AGAINST THOSE CHALLENGES LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH
THIS. REALLY
UNPREDICTABLE IN DAMAGING A WEATHER EVENTS THAT ARE
OCCURRING.
THANK YOU REPRESENTIVE LIQUOR.
AND CHAIRMAN SIR HIM AN A SO MIKE MIKE ROSS IS VERY
SIMILAR TO REPRESENT CLEAVE
WARNS.
AND SO I THINK ULTIMATELY WE
NEED TO FIND WAYS TO BUT
STRUCTURES TOGETHER THAT OUR ESSENTIALLY PAYING FARMERS TO BE PUTTING CARBON IN THE
GROUND. THE BATS WHERE WE NEED
TO MOVE AND SO AND I HAVE FARMERS WHO ARE IN MY DISTRICT
WHO ARE DOING.
COVER CROP PRACTICES CONSERVATION TO INTO BEEN
APPROACHED BY HIM TO GO. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY
INTERESTED IN IT; I'M VERY
INTERESTED IN. THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY. CERTIFICATION
PROGRAM AS A STRUCTURE THAT
ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD AS WELL. MANY MAY HAVE ALREADY SAID THIS BUT I'LL JUST ASK YOU
TO SAY IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW WHAT
IN YOUR VIEW IS ARE THE STEPS
WE NEED TO TAKE TO BE MOVING. THIS CONVERSATION FORWARD TO THAT STRENGTHENING THE
STRUCTURE THAT A WATER QUALITY
CERTIFICATION STRUCTURE OR PROVIDING MORE CONNECTIONS
IN THIS CONVERSATION. HOW DO WE
HOW DO WE MOVE THIS. THIS BALL
DOWN THE FIELD.
THE SHERIFF ISN'T IT. YES;
THANK YOU.
THE WHITE HOUSE OR THE CASE PROGRAM I BELIEVE IS DESCRIBED
THE DAY. A STRUCTURE THAT
EXISTS AND IT WASN'T THAT'S CERTAINLY GENERATED FOR ME
AGAIN WITH SOME TALKING WITH OTHER REALLY NATIONALLY ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT
IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A
MARKETPLACE STRUCTURE AND AND THOSE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE BASELINE ADICIONAL A T.
RECORD ADICIONAL THEY HAVE IN
THE CONTRACTS. I HAVEN'T DONE
HAVING THE SOCIAL LICENSE. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE
THAT TO CREATE A PROGRAM.
THOSE I MEAN YOU CAN'T YOU
CAN'T ENGAGE IN THIS ARENA
WITHOUT HAVING THOSE SYSTEMS THAT DON'T NOT SO THAT HAVE TO BE READY CLOSER VACATION; BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT TO
DO SO ITS PARTNERS
THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
MARKETPLACE CONCESSIONS SAYS
GREAT WE CAN BOTH ON TO YOU
THEY'RE SAYING WE CAN JUST HOLD ON TO YOUR PROJECT THROUGH OUR
OUR PRIVATE PARTIES TO SAY WE
WILL DIRECT GROWERS THROUGH
CERTIFICATION. AS THE VEHICLE TO THEN A RECEIVING CORPS THAT
SERVICE PAVEMENT AT THE.
THE BUY SIDE THE SUPPLY SIDE AND I KNOW ABOUT THAT THE BUYER SIDEWALL WHAT WHAT ACCESS THAT
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE AIR
INTERFACE OCCURS.
WE ARE PREPARED WE'RE READY ALREADY AS HEAD OF THE I THINK
THAT IT OBVIOUSLY YOU SOME MORE AUDITING FOR THE
PURPOSES THAT THE MARKETPLACE
WOULD REQUIRE. WE AUDITOR GOERS
RANDOMLY AS IT IS. BUT IMAGINE WHEN YOU'RE IN A MARKETPLACE SYSTEM YOU
WOULD THEY WOULD WANT TO
PARTICULAR CHECKUPS AS THEY THEY MIGHT CHOOSE CERTAIN VALIDATING IN APPROVING THE
THINGS THAT BUT AGAIN WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL THERE ALREADY OUT
THERE DOING THIS WORK SO
WE CAN UP YOU CAN DO THOSE
TWEAKS TO THE PROGRAM I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S
AVAILABLE SCALE MAY REQUIRE
SOME SOME ADDITIONAL THAT THE
BENEFITS ARE RESOURCES.
WITH THE CHIEF ADDITIONAL
BENEFITS THAT MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES; THE THAT THE STRUCTURES ALREADY IN PLACE
I THINK WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY
DOING IS TALKING TO AS WE MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES IN DIFFERENT CITIES THAT ARE
PURSUING. IN A
MARKETPLACE ALREADY.
WE'RE FINDING THAT AS WEAK REALLY KIND OF WORK WITH THE
BROADER ARRAY OF FOLKS; MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AGRIBUSINESS
IS A THAT MINNESOTA FOR
INSTANCE; AN A AND OTHER
PARTIES PARTICIPANTS.
DIFFERENT. FOUNDATION THE
KNIGHT FOUNDATION; THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ARE PARTICIPATING IN EFFORTS.
THEY'RE FINDING THEMSELVES.
WORKING MORE WITH COLLABORATION
AND CONSORTIUMS RATHER THAN THE
SINGLE-PLAYER EFFORTS IN THIS MARKET PLACE THAT FELT REALLY
TO A BIT OF THE WILD WILD
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW BUT IT'S
ALSO ENCOURAGING TO SEE YOU
KNOW A STRUCTURE EXISTS HERE IN
MINNESOTA ALREADY IS GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THAT PART OF IT AND
THEN AS THE. FOLKS
KIND OF YOU KNOW FIND
THEIR THEIR EQUILIBRIUM AND IN
THE MARKETPLACE THAT THAT WE'RE
ABLE TO PARTICIPATE BUT WE'RE ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE COLLABORATION AND CONVERSATION
ARE HAVING A A.
THE PARTICULAR ENTITY. THE
MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICE CONFESSION WHERE THAT
ALREADY BRINGS THE A. KEY LEADING AGRICULTURE
CORPORATIONS AS WELL AS THE
FUNDERS IN MINNESOTA
ALSO IN PARTICIPATION WITH INTERCEPTED ALSO PARTY TO THAT PROGRAM AS WELL FOR THAT THAT
IS THAT AS WELL SO WE FEEL LIKE
I'M.
WE CAN TO AVOID A LITTLE BIT OF THE WILDNESS OF THE WILD WILD WEST BUT WORKING WITH THIS
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES.
ALL RIGHT REPRESENTATIVE BRAND.
THEY COME IN
A CHAIR. MISTER RHODE WE
WERE AT MINNESOTA EXPO LAST THURSDAY WE WERE BOTH TALKING HERMAN LOCAL BOOTS ON THE
GROUND IN THIS PROGRAM. >> AND WE WERE ATTACKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE TODAY
WHEN THIS YOUNG COUPLE WALK BY
FROM WINONA COUNTY.
AND FIBER HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER
PUSHING A BABY STROLLER THE
FUTURE OF
MINNESOTA PART. AND HE STEPPED BACK TO YOU REAL QUICKLY AND
WAS UNTIL LATER THAT KIND OF HIT ME. I'M USED TO TALKING
ABOUT HOW GET RECERTIFIED AND HE SEEMED TO BE VERY HAPPY THAT
THE RESERVE.
THAT REALLY HIT ME IS A MOMENT;
I GUESS TO KIND OF PARTICIPATE ONCE IN A WHILE WITH PEOPLE WHO
ACTUALLY ACTIVITIES PROGRAMS TO SEE HOW IT REALLY IMPACTS AND I
HOPE THAT THAT THAT
THE FARMER UNDERSTANDS THE IMPACT FOR HIS NEIGHBORS AND
HIS COUNTY IN. PARTICIPATION
THREATS; THE STATE AS WELL. IT'S JUST THANK YOU UP THERE
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
MPCA FOR MAKING THIS PROGRAM; A
REALITY TO PERCENT DOWN A LOT TO GO. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU HOWEVER; BUT
MY QUESTION IS
WHAT'S THE COST FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT FARMER LOOKED UP AND WAS PACKED WITH YOU FOR
A LITTLE WHILE WHAT'S THE COST OF FARM AND PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THIS
THREAT. YES
CHAIR IN ERICKSON THANK YOU FOR
THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT
THE THERE'S NO APPLICATION FEE
THERE'S NO COST
TO PARTICIPATION IN A LOT CLOSER TO TO SEEK YOUR
CERTIFICATION IS THERE'S NO
THERE'S NO UPFRONT COST OF ANY
KIND. THERE WILL BE COSTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MANAGEMENT CHANGING OUR MAN IN THE CHANGES
POTENTIALLY.
AND A CONSERVATION
WE DO EXPRESSED IT EARLIER
IN MY BUT COMMENTS ABOUT THE MILLION WORD THAT WE HAVE SET
ASIDE JUST FOR PARTICIPANTS
WITHIN THE PROGRAM ARE SEEKING
SEEKING A CERTIFICATION
WE HAVE A SMALL SPILL GRANT
PROGRAM WITHIN OUR WITHIN OUR PROGRAM ALONE AT A MAXIMUM
$5;000. BUT WE'VE DONE NEARLY A
MILLION DOLLARS WITH THAT.
FOR GROWERS TO ADOPT CRACKS COVER CROPS BEING FAR AND AWAY
THE BIGGEST USE OF THOSE
DOLLARS ARE GOERS ARE SAYING.
I CAN GET THAT SMALL GRAND I CAN BUY THE SEAT I CAN TO MAKE
THE SEAT AND I CAN GET OUT. SO THAT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
MADE ME 18 MONTH PROCESS
OF A APPLICATIONS AND OTHER
APPROVALS AND THAT SORT OF THING WHEN WE SAY LIKE YOU WANT TO DO A GREAT THING FOR YOUR OPERATION THAT WORKS FOR YOU HAPPILY ASSISTING WITH THAT SO.
AND THEN THERE'S OF COURSE
ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY AND
REALIZED OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK THE GORE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ONE OF THOSE WHO
EXPERIENCE
SAVING MONEY COMING OUT AHEAD
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF. YOU
KNOW JUST CREATOR.
FERTILIZER EFFICIENCY THAT THEY MAY GAIN THROUGH A CHANGING A
FEW THINGS THAT OPERATION THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE LOCAL ECONOMISTS AND CONSERVATION
PROFESSIONAL WORKS THEM
THROUGH. SO THAT
IDEALLY THAT'S THAT'S OUR
FAVORITE OUTCOMES WHEN THEY SAY IT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE BOTTOM LINE NOW BECAUSE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM;
BUT. IT'S.
THAT SAME TIME ABSOLUTELY TRUE
THAT THESE GROWERS ARE INVESTING THEIR HARD EARNED
DOLLARS AND CONSERVATION.
TO A FITNESS PROGRAM AND JUST TO OPERATE THE FARM STEADILY
BEFORE. WE WERE EVER A.
>> MISSED A TEST THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. THANK YOU
MISTER RED LINE FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WE'RE LOOKING
AND ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF.
THE NEXT THAT PARTS OF.
>> BUT MADAME CHAIR 20 MINUTES
FOR THE REST ALL OKAY. AND YET
THEY ARE AND LOOK AT WELL THEN
I
JUST BRIEFLY TALK YOU KNOW REPRESENTATIVE BRAND JUST
BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF COST
AND WE'RE TALKING
ON THE CAR ON THE FARM IMPLEMENTATION AND YOU'RE
ASKING PRODUCERS
TO CONSIDER ABOUT TEEN DIFFERENT PRACTICES THAN THE
ONES THAT THEY'VE BEEN USING
FOR GENERATIONS. A VERY REAL CONCERN IS WHAT IS IT GOING TO
COST THE PRODUCER; PARTICULARLY
IN THIS ECONOMY. SO
JUST BRIEFLY. I WILL TALK ABOUT
ONE OF OUR LOAN PROGRAMS AT THE
DEPARTMENT IT'S THE
AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES
LOAN PROGRAM. IT PROVIDES LOW INTEREST LOANS TO FARMERS RURAL
LANDOWNERS AND BUSINESSES
TO IMPLEMENT PRACTICES THAT
PREVENT OR REDUCE WATER
POLLUTION. IT IS A REVOLVING LOAN. FRAMEWORK AND IT'S USED
TO NUMBER OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. THE
LOAN ITSELF ITS MAXIMUM OF
10 YEAR TERM. A MAXIMUM AMOUNT
OF $200;000 PER PROJECT
OR PURCHASE. AND A MAXIMUM
INTEREST RATE OF 3%.
THE PROJECT TO REVIEW AND
APPROVAL IS DONE ON THE LOCAL
BY UNITS
OF GOVERNMENT. THE LOANS ARE
UNDER WRITTEN GUARANTEED BY
LOCAL LENDERS AND
D A HANDLES MOST OF THE PEOPLE
WORK IN THE REASON WHY WE THINK
THAT SUCH AN IMPORTANT STRUCTURES BECAUSE IT REALLY IS
TAILORED TO WHAT IS NEEDED.
ON THE LOCAL WEAPON AND SO THAT LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT HAS BY AND MOVE THE OBVIOUSLY THE
BORROWER HAS BUY IN AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT HAS BY AND SAW.
THIS PROGRAM WAS CREATED
IN 1995 A
TO DATE. 83 MILLION HAS BEEN
SEE FROM STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES; 23 MILLION FROM THE
STATE 60 MINUTE MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL. 16;000 LOANS HAVE
BEEN ISSUED. WE PERCEIVE
14 MILLION FROM CLEAN WATER
FUND AND TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM'S CAPACITY TO HELP
SOLVE SOME OF THE POLLUTION
ISSUES
OUT THERE. IN CLEAN WATER FUND DOLLARS THAT SUPPORTED 849
HOMES.
THE PRACTICES THAT THE EGG BNP
PROGRAM ADDRESS. CARBON
SEQUESTRATION IN THROUGH
CONSERVATION TILLAGE PRECISION
AG A NEWER LIVESTOCK
MANAGEMENT. COVER CROPS BUFFER STRIPS PERENNIAL COVER AND
HARVEST CROPS.
THE EGG BE IN THE
CONTRIBUTES TO
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION BY INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY AND
EFFECTIVENESS OF FERTILIZERS. REDUCING WASTE FROM LEACHING
AND RUN OFF. IMPROVING
IN STORAGE. BUT ARMY
DURING AND TIMING TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES TO IMPROVE SOIL
HEALTH.
AND THAT IS A VERY QUICK RUN THROUGH OF THE EGG BNP PROGRAM.
AND NOT TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT SO.
>> CENT OF ANDERSON.
JUST MAYBE WANT TO GET MINUTES
I REPRESENT STEARNS COUNTY THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS UP
THERE AS COUPLE UCD IN THE TALK
WITH THEM.
AND THEY SAID DEMAND FOR THIS PROGRAM STATEWIDE IN 2019
WAS ABOUT TO $25 MILLION ARE WE
SHORT OF FUNDING TO
THAT LEVEL. THE GET ABOUT $11 MILLION BACK IN REPAYMENTS TO
THIS REVOLVING FUND EVERY YEAR.
AND WE APPROPRIATE ABOUT
5 MILLION. LAST YEAR IN
2019. WHAT $8 MILLION SHORT OF
THE DEMAND OUT THERE IN THIS IS
A GOOD PROGRAM THAT LEVERAGES
DOLLARS.
WHAT YOU SEE IS A FUTURE IN TERMS OF INCREASING AS TO MAKE IT MORE AVAILABLE FOR MORE FARMERS TO MAKE USE OF THIS
PROGRAM.
TO SUGGEST THAT THE MADAME
CHAIR REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON
WELL WE WE CERTAINLY AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF NOTICED THE SPIKE IN DEMAND FOR THIS PROGRAM AND
OF COURSE.
>> I THINK FOOD SHOULD BE SAFE
TO SAY THE DEPARTMENT WOULD
WELCOME A PERHAPS SOME BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS FROM
THE LEGISLATURE TO TO INCREASE THEIR ABILITY TO TO HELP PRODUCERS THROUGH THIS
PROGRAM.
>> SO MOVING ON WELCOME TO
THE COMMITTEE AND SAY WE HAVE
IT ANOTHER QUESTION REPRESENT A
BANK. THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR. >> ARE THEIR ALLEGED BEATING CHOIR MONTHS TO TO BE A PART OF
THAT. THIS PROGRAM.
AND MADAME CHAIR REPRESENTED
BANK. >> THERE ARE OTHER PRETTY
PRETTY BASIC IN TERMS OF.
>> MEETING THEM; IT'S JUST A
IT'S THE LOCAL BORROWER WORKING WITH THE LOCAL UNIT OF
GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE.
>> PROJECT OR THEIR PURCHASE
MEETS. STATE OR COUNTY LEVELS
FOR A
WATER QUALITY AND THAT'S A
THAT'S ABOUT IT OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO GET TO A LENDER
INVOLVED THAT WOULD BE A YOU KNOW PROVE THEIR CREDIT RATING
AND THAT SORT OF THING BUT THE TO BILLY REQUIREMENTS ARE
FAIRLY EASY SAYS.
WELCOME TO
THE COMMITTEE.
>> GOOD MORNING; MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS MY NAME IS PAUL HUMAN AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE AG MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
THANK YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
HERE IN THE HIGHLIGHT 3 EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT ARE
ADMINISTERED MIGHT BUY MY DIVISION THAT CAN BE USED BY
FARMERS AND RESEARCH TO HELP
HELP RESPOND REACT AND ADAPT TO
PRESSURES FROM TRY CLIMATE
CHANGE. THE FIRST OF THOSE
PROGRAMS IS DEFINITELY NOT A
NEW ONE IT'S BEEN AVAILABLE FOR
APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS AND THAT'S THE SUSTAINABLE AG
DEMONSTRATION GRANT PROGRAM.
ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT SOME OF
YOU HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS IS
THAT USED TO BE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM IN THE STATE BUDGET IT IS NOW FUNDED VIA THE AGRI AG
REFUNDS.
ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THIS
PROGRAM IS THAT IT RECOGNIZES
THAT FARMERS ARE INNOVATORS
THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND SO
THE IDEA BEHIND THIS A STATE GRANT PROGRAMS IS TO PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR FARMERS
TO TRY TRY NEW IDEAS ON THE
FARM TO DEMONSTRATE IDEAS AND
THEN SHARE THOSE RESULTS WITH
THEIR COLLEAGUE FARMERS AND AND
WITH RESEARCHERS IN GENERAL.
WHAT WORKS WHAT DOESN'T WORKS.
WHAT DOESN'T EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED
OVER THE YEARS.
THINGS RELATED TO TO COVER
CROPS CHANGING TILL IT PRACTICES A RESPONSE TO CHANGING PEST AND DISEASE
PRACTICES PRESSURES.
THE PRIORITY FOR
APPLICANTS IS FOR FARMERS WHO APPLIED DIRECTLY BUT WE
ENCOURAGE FARMERS TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE EXTENSION FOR THINGS LIKE
THE ON-FARM RESEARCH NETWORK THAT THE MINNESOTA WE RESEARCH
AND PROMOTION COUNCIL WORKS WITH. SO THAT THEIR INVOLVING
OTHER EXPERTISE AS WELL.
THE SECOND OF THOSE PROGRAM IS
ALSO FUNDED BY ANGRY. AND THAT'S THE CROP RESEARCH
GRANTS.
MY EXPERIENCE THIS IS ARGUABLY
THE MOST COMPETITIVE GRANT
PROGRAM THAT WE OPERATE OUT
OF AGRI THE NUMBER OF OF GOOD PROJECTS ALWAYS FAR AS FAR
EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
AVAILABLE. THE KEY PART OF THIS
PROGRAM IS THAT THIS FUNDS
PROJECTS THAT ARE APPLIED RESEARCH. SO WE ONLY FUND
PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO
POTENTIALLY HAVE SHOW UP ON
FARMS IN 3 TO 7 YEARS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THIS POOL OF FUNDS
AND WHAT UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS APPROACH SAY USDA OR OTHER NATIONAL SOURCES OF FUNDING
FOR.
ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS
AVAILABLE THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS
THAT.
RESEARCHERS CAN DO PROJECTS FOR
2 TO 3 YEARS AND SO ONE OF THE
CHANGES THAT YOU MADE LAST YEAR REINFORCED OUR ABILITY TO DO THESE 2 TO 3 YEAR PROJECTS AND
WE APPRECIATE THAT. SO THESE 2
ARE BOTH FUNDED BY ANGRY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
IT'S FUNDED BY ANGRY; BUT
THERE'S NOT EARMARKED FOR THESE PROGRAMS AND SO I JUST WANTED
THAT TO THANK THIS COMMITTEE
FOR FOR CONTINUING TO ALLOW US TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY WE NEED
TO FUND THESE PROGRAMS
AND TO BE ABLE TO SHIFT
RESOURCES AMONG THESE PROGRAMS BASED ON THE QUALITY AND
QUANTITY OF APPLICATIONS.
AS WELL AS BEAST AN EMERGENCY EMERGING INDUSTRY NEEDS THAT
THAT TO CHANGE SOMETIMES VERY
RAPIDLY OVER TIME.
THE LAST OF THE 3 PROGRAMS AS
THE USDA SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM. HE'S A USDA
DOLLARS ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE A LITTLE BIT OVER A MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR. THESE CAN BE RESEARCH PROJECTS THEY CAN
ALSO BE
MARKETING PROJECTS. AND SO
AGAIN; YOU KNOW RESEARCHERS CAN
USE THESE FUNDS TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE CHANGING CONDITIONS THAT WE SEE DUE TO
CLIMATE.
WE'VE DONE AS COURSE THESE ARE
LIMITED ESPECIALLY CROPS.
BUT THAT'S A FAIRLY WIDE GROUP OF PRODUCTS WE'VE DONE THINGS
WITH POTATOES HOPS. APPLE'S
TURF GRASS ETC.
SO THAT'S A SUPER QUICK LOOK AT THOSE 3 PROGRAMS THAT BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> ALL RIGHT TO DON'T SEE ANY
QUESTIONS THANK YOU.
A VAN THAT ROBERT GREEN.
TALKING TO THE COMMITTEE.
THAT CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE MY NAME IS MARGARET
WAGNER AND I'M A SUPERVISOR OF
OUR CLEAN WATER; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNIT. AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. TODAY I'M HERE TO SHARE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOREVER GREEN INITIATIVE SPECIFICALLY
NEW IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES
AS A QUICK BACKGROUND; THE FOREVER GREEN INITIATIVE IS
LED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WITH STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT
THAT AGRICULTURE. AND
MANY OTHERS FOR EVERGREEN
SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
PERENNIAL AND WINTER ANNUAL
CROPS AND CROPPING SYSTEMS.
PERENNIALS COVER CROPS IN
WINTER AND EUROS HAVE MANY
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS. FOR
EXAMPLE THEY SEQUESTER MORE CARBON AS COMPARED TO AN ANNUAL
CROPPING SYSTEM. THEY CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING SOIL
HEALTH. THEY REQUIRE LESS NITROGEN
INPUTS IN OVERALL LESS ENERGY
AS PERENNIAL SYSTEMS REQUIRE
LESS ANNUAL TILLAGE.
WE HOPE TO
REALIZE THESE ENVIRONMENTAL
BENEFITS AS WE START TO IMPLEMENT IMPLANT FOR EVER GREEN CROPS OUT ON THE
MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE.
FOR EVERGREEN HAS A STRONG
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
FOCUS AND THE NEW EMPHASIS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND
COMMERCIALIZATION OF CROPS.
BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY
IS REALLY SOME OF THE NEW IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BEING SUPPORTED WITH CLEAN
WATER FUND.
STARTING THIS BIENNIUM THERE IS
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
AVAILABLE TO IMPLEMENT FIELD
SCALE PLANT TEENS OF INTERMEDIATE WHEATGRASS THAT'S
ALSO KNOWN AS KERNS A KEARNS IS ONE OF A FEW
KIND OF LEADING EDGE.
CROPS FOR THOSE CROPS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO COMMERCIALIZATION WITHIN THE PORTFOLIO FOR HIM
FOR GREEN.
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TO
FOCUS IMPLEMENTATION OF KERNS A
IN AREAS OF THE STATE WITH
VULNERABLE GROUNDWATER THAT
MEANS WE'RE GOING TO BE
PLANTING THE FIELD SCALE PLAN TEENS IN AREAS THAT HAVE
VULNERABLE GROUND WATER TO IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THOSE BENEFITS UP HAPPENING
PERENNIALS.
IN THESE AREAS OF THE LANDSCAPE
IS ILLUSTRATED ON BY THE GREEN
CIRCLES ON THE SLIDE.
THESE AREAS ARE CLUSTERS OR WILL WHERE WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA FARMERS. AGRONOMISTS
AND LOCAL PARTNERS.
TO GROW KERNS A WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA ARE HONEST. THESE
PROJECT FOCUS ON.
CROP MANAGEMENT. THEY FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTRACTS
FOR THE GROWING OF KEARNS AND
MINNESOTA AND THEY FOCUS ON
LOGISTICS HARVESTING STORAGE TRANSPORTATION AND REALLY SUPPORT OF PROFITABLE MARKETS.
THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING STEP
FOR THE PROGRAM TOGETHER THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. THE DEPARTMENT OF AG AND A LOT
OF LOCAL PARTNERS
WILL HELP FARMERS MANAGE 1000 ACRES OF KERNS A IN THE NEXT
FEW GROWING SEASONS. THE BENEFITS WILL BE REALIZED
IN AREAS WITH FOLDABLE GROUNDWATER AS WE COLLECT MORE
DATA AND INFORMATION TO BUILD
THE LOCAL CAPACITY AND INFORM
FUTURE PLAN TEENS.
THANK YOU KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST
ONE QUESTION THAT SENATOR MILLER. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR COMING AND
PRESENTING
A BRIEFLY PROBABLY CAN SURPRISE SOME PEOPLE THAT I'M ACTUALLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE FOREVER
GREEN.
PROGRAM BUT ONE KEY
ELEMENT TO THEM; I'M CURIOUS TO NORTH SAYS I KNOW THAT THE TEAM
HAS ALWAYS DRIVEN TOWARDS. THIS COVER CROP OF POLITICIANS
THREW FOR EVER GREEN WALL.
WORK WHEN IT'S PROFITABLE FOR
THE PRODUCER WHOSE IMPLEMENTING
THIS CAN YOU TELL ME AND WITH THERE'S BEEN SOME SUCCESS AND
SOME NOT SUCCESS WITH THAT MAY HAVE BEEN UP THE LAST YEAR TO
SUCCUMB YOU ADDRESS THAT PART
OF IT ARE YOU FINDING WAYS IN WHICH FARMERS. CAN IMPLEMENT
THIS FOR BECAME PROGRAM. THE WAY THAT HAVEN'T AGES FOR
THEM AS A BUSINESS. YEAH;
HE'S MAKING. >> REPRESENTATIVE MADAME CHAIR
REPRESENTATIVE THANKS FOR THAT
QUESTION. THERE ARE OTHERS HERE FROM THE FOREVER GREEN TEAM THAT CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT IS
A FOCUS OF THIS PILOT PROJECT AND SO REALLY GETTING THE
MATERIAL OUT OF THE LANDSCAPE COLLECTING THAT DATA AND
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ECONOMICS
AND THEN WORKING WITH THE END USER AS WE THINK ABOUT MARKET
DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPLY.
SO THERE ARE SOME SUCCESS STORIES I THINK WE WE'VE HEARD
ABOUT GENERAL MILLS WE'VE HEARD
ABOUT BREWING BEER WITH
PATAGONIA WE NOW HAVE A HANDFUL
OF LOCAL BREWERIES MINNESOTA BREWERIES AND THEN A LONGER
LIST THE PERRYS WAITING FOR 4
SEED. AND SO THE MARKET IS
THERE. WE'RE STILL COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION AND IT'S A BIG
EMPHASIS HERE TO TO GET THAT PROFITABILITY QUESTION
ANSWERED. THANK YOU REP SENT FANS. THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR.
>> TO TESTIFY OR THE ONE THING
YOU DIDN'T
WAS PLANT BREEDING OR TRYING TO IMPROVE THE LEAST I CAN HEAR
THAT IN THEM.
I WAS AT THE WHEEL GROWERS
MEETING IN IN MORRIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK AND AND THE UNIVERSITY IS DOING SOME SOME
WORK IN THIS.
BUT THE LEAST GROWN OUT AND IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE
THAT THE YIELD IS SO FAR BELOW
A MOTHER WHEAT VARIETIES.
IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO.
DO IT IN FRONT OF ME A MENTION
TO GROW THIS PROFITABLY SOPH
WHAT'S BEING DONE AS FAR AS PLANT BREEDING TRYING TO IMPROVE THE YIELD OF CURRENT
SITE.
HE'S RIGHT MADAME CHAIR REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON THANKS
FOR THE QUESTION.
>> SO I DIDN'T FOCUS TODAY'S
PRESENTATION ON
AND I MENTION THERE'S $500;000
FOR CLEAN WATER FOR
IMPLEMENTATION. THERE'S ALSO
MILLION FROM CLEAN WATER THIS BIENNIUM THAT WILL BE FOCUSED
ON RESEARCH TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
AND AS YOU MENTIONED. SO.
THE CURRENT VARIETY OF KERNS A
IS ABOUT ONE 3RD. THEY YIELD OF
TRADITIONAL WHEAT AND WE THERE BEEN BIG
IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE PLANT BREEDING. MINNESOTA CLEAR WATER THE NEWEST FRIDAY WAS RELEASED
THIS FALL
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ABOUT A 3 YEAR TIMELINE TO SEE ANOTHER
IMPROVED VARIETY COME OUT OF TIME THAT WE BREEDING LAB AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SO
IT'S IN IT'S IN THE PIPELINE AND WE'LL SEE ANOTHER VARIETY
SOON WITH IMPROVED YIELDS.
>> YOU MAY HAVE A CHANCE ONE OF THE COMIC WILL GO LIVE IN SAINT PETER; WHICH ISN'T IT WAS ABOUT
WE'VE GOT TERMS OF FINALLY IN THE CLINT COUNTY FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT FOR 7 YEARS I WAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF SAINT PETER; WE WORRIED A LOT ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HAVE GOOD
QUALITY DRINK WATER FOR FOLKS FOR CHILDREN. THE AS IMPORTANT
AS THEY WERE DEVELOPING THAT
THEY HAVE GOOD CLEAN WATER.
AND SO I WELCOME ANY
AGRICULTURAL BUT IN NICOLLET
COUNTY AND GOING FORWARD.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT THE COUNTY
ALSO IT'S ALL OVER THE THE.
WHERE THERE ARE CHALLENGES.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT WELL TESTING
AND THINGS LIKE THAT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LET'S
THAT WATER COMMISSION AS WELL
IMPORTANCE OF TESTING WELLS BUT
AND
DEALING WITH MADE TREATS
ESPECIALLY IN POPULATIONS
AS POPULATIONS. LIKE SAINT PETER IS REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FOCUSING ON THAT
FIRST.
THANK YOU MISS WAGNER.
>> THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS. MR. JUST A VENUE
HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION HERE.
THIS MANAGER BUT THAT'S IT FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE OK.
AND
THE TIMING SO MOVE ON WITH THAT
A PREGNANT PANEL AND FRANCO
LIST.
THEY WERE BRINGING UP THE
LISTEN CONTROL AGENCY.
THANK YOU TO THE NBA FOR COMING
FORWARD AND GIVING THE
PRESENTATION SO. NOW MPCA WELCOME TO THE
COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE TACTICS IN THE AREA
ALSO.
WELL THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT
JUST A COUPLE OF ONE IS THAT WE
WILL BREAK
FOR LUNCH. APPROXIMATELY NOON
HELP GET TO THAT POINT AND THEN
AT ABOUT 10 TO ONE.
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE RECONVENES
THERE WILL BE A DEMONSTRATION SO I'M DOCTOR FIT AND ACRES
HERE AND SHE'S GOING TO DO IT.
>> INFORMAL PRESENTATION AND SOIL SAMPLES. SO YOU CAN COME
BACK FOR THAT IF YOU SO TO US
SO WE INTEND TO ONE AND
THEN WE'LL RECONVENE AT ONE THIS ONE AND THIS AFTERNOON.
WE'LL HAVE
MORE OF THE RESEARCH DISCUSSION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND THEN SOME OTHER EXPERIENCES
FROM THE FIELD SO I THINK WE'RE
READY TO GO SO AND PCA WELCOME JUST INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND THEN AND GO AHEAD
AT THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR THE
RECORD MY NAME IS CRAIG MCDONALD AND THAT SERVE AS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR AIR AND CLIMATE POLICY TO MINNESOTA
POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY. >> AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT RECENT REPORTS THAT
THE DEPARTMENT RELEASED IN THE
FALL OF 2019 LAST OCTOBER; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
REDUCTION POTENTIALS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON SOME OF THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT WE DON'T KNOW. SO WE'RE EXCITED
FOR TODAY'S CONVERSATION AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE ROLE IN PCN PLACE
HERE.
BEFORE GET TURNING IT OVER TO
MY COLLEAGUE FRANK COAL WHOSE OR TECHNICAL EXPERT AND THE
DIRECTOR CLIMATE THE PCA I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT PRE
HOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS TO PULL THIS IS A CHART THAT IS BASED ON OUR 2016
GREENHOUSE; GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY. WE'RE UPDATING THAT AS WE SPEAK AND WILL BE ROLLING
IT OUT. IN DECEMBER OF 2020 OUR
NEXT REPORT. SO THIS IS GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS BASED ON 2016 DATA.
AS YOU CAN SEE THEIR
TRANSPORTATION AND THE POWER GENERATION SECTOR ARE THE 2
LARGEST ADMITTING SECTORS CURRENTLY IT REPRESENTING ABOUT
26% OF THE STATE'S TOTAL EMISSIONS FOLLOWED AFTER THAT IS THE AGRICULTURAL AND
FORESTRY AND LAND USE SECTOR
WHICH IS ABOUT 22% OF THE MISSIONS TOTAL SO WITH THAT
KIND OF THE BACKS CAPE AND
THEIR BACKGROUND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE'S REAL POTENTIAL IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN ADDITION TO THESE OTHER SECTORS TO
REALLY KIND OF MAKE SOME PROGRESS AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS BUT A KEY STEP FOR THAT WAS THE RESEARCH THAT FRANKEL DISCUSS
IN A MOMENT THAT ALLOWS
FARMERS TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THE
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION ALREADY DOING AS WELL AS MAKING
SURE THAT WE CAN CALCULATE THE
BENEFITS FOR PROGRAMS LIKE THE
MINNESOTA AG WATER QUALITY
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AS WELL AS PROGRAMS THAT OUR COLLEAGUES AT HAUSER ARE ALSO I'M PUTTING
OUT THERE TO PUT HAD BEEN PEACE
ON THAT LAND. WITH THAT I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO FRANK.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
REPRESENTATIVES; MY NAME IS FRANK COAL ASH ON THE CLIMATE DIRECTOR FOR THE MINNESOTA
POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY NEVADA. >> GO OVER SOME OF THE SLIDES
IN MORE DETAIL ON THE REPORT
THAT ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
MCDONNELL MENTIONED SO
LOOKING MORE CLOSELY AT THE EMISSIONS WITHIN THE
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; THE SLIDE
SHOWS HOW THOSE BREAK DOWN WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT CROP
AGRICULTURE IS
THE LARGEST SOURCE OF EMISSIONS IN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
AND FORESTRY SECTOR. WHAT THAT ALSO REPRESENTS IS
THAT WE THINK THAT THERE'S A
SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR REDUCTIONS AND SUE QUESTION OF
CARBON AND CLIMATE ACHIEVING CLIMATE BENEFITS WITHIN THIS
SECTOR BASED ON THIS DATA YOU
ALSO SEE THAT THERE IS A A A SIGNIFICANT INPUT FROM THE
ANIMAL AGRICULTURE SIDE
AND THEN WE GOT WE LOOK AT THE
WAY THAT THE NUTRIENTS RUNOFF INTO THE WATERS AND THEN THE AMOUNT OF OIL THE FOSSIL FUELS
THAT ARE USED AND THE
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. BUT TODAY'S COMES TO SPEAK PRIMARILY TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THAT CROP AGRICULTURAL SITE.
AND THEN WITHIN THE REPORT THAT
A ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER MCDONNELL MENTIONED WE WE LAID
IT OUT WHEN WE STARTED WITH
21 DIFFERENT. THIS BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT WERE
IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE STATEWIDE NUTRIENT REDUCTION PROGRAM BECAUSE WHAT WE WANTED
TO DO WAS ACCOMPLISHED A COUPLE
OF GOALS; ONE WAS UNDERSTAND
THE
CLIMATE BENEFITS THAT MAY BE COMING FROM THE EFFORTS THAT THE STATE HAS ALREADY PUT
PUTTING FORTH TO PROTECT WATER
QUALITY AND THAT THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES
AND ATTENTION THAT WAS RECEIVING AND THEN ALSO JUST
BEING UP TO DATE WITH OUR
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
REPORTING PROCESSES. SO THAT WE
CAN IMPROVE OUR INVENTORY UNDERSTAND WHERE GREENHOUSE GASES ARE COMING WITH IN
MINNESOTA. SO THE FIRST LIGHT
HERE SHOWS THAT THE
GREENHOUSE GAS PROTECTIONS THAT
COME
WHEN WE CHANGE THE LAND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND SO THESE
ARE CONVERSION TYPES OF
PRACTICES THESE ARE REMOVING
LANZA FROM. PRODUCTIVE USE IN
THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AND
THEN PUTTING THEM BACK INTO A
MORE NATURAL STRUCTURE AND THAT
IS VERY COMMON TO SEE THAT
THOSE HAVE THE HIGHEST PER ACRE
INPUT. BENEFIT SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF QUITE
A BIT OF CARBON BENEFIT IN THE
AMOUNT OF CARBON THAT DISTORT IT. LAND IS RETURNED TO 4 START
TO PRAIRIE. ALSO INCREASES IN
THE SOIL ORGANIC CARBON WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE THESE ON
A PER ACRE BASIS HAVE VERY
HIGH BENEFITS. THEY MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO HAVE AS MANY ACRES AS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE IT
IS DIFFICULT TO CONVERT LAND FROM PRODUCTIVE
EASE BACK INTO THESE NATURAL
SYSTEMS AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE OF THE QUESTION EARLIER
ON THE WET ONES AND YOU'LL SEE
THAT THE WET ONES HAS A A
SLIGHT INCREASE IN GREENHOUSE GASES THAT THERE'S 3 IMPORTANT
PIECES TO UNDERSTAND WITH THAT
ONE IS THAT THE WETLANDS IS A
WHAT WE TERM A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT BECAUSE THAT
LITERATURE SO COMPLEX AND STILL
BUILDING WE STILL WANT TO
REVIEW WHAT THE LITERATURE IS SAYING ABOUT THAT OVER THE
THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT PIECES
OF LITERATURE TALKING ABOUT WETLANDS TO WET ONES HAVE A
WIDE
ESPECIALLY IN THE CONSTRUCTED
UNRECONSTRUCTED WELL AS WHAT THEIR PURPOSES ARE HOW THEY'VE BEEN RECONSTRUCTED WHAT FUNCTIONS ARE THEIR PLANE.
SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT DIVERSITY OF DIFFERENT WETLANDS
AND WHAT ROLES THEY PLAY
AND THEN 3RD IN AN LIES THROUGH ALL OF THE ESTIMATES ARE GOING
TO SEE HERE
IS THAT ESTIMATE IS BASED ON THOSE WET ONES UNRECONSTRUCTED
WELL IT'S ONLY EXISTING FOR 20
YEARS. AND THAT
THAT REALLY JUST JUDGE DOES
CHANGE THE CLIMATE AND THE
CARBON CALCULATIONS WITHIN
BUT WHAT IF WE WERE TO EXTEND OUT TO THESE WETLANDS EXISTING
FOR 40 YEARS FOR FOR
100 YEARS. THEN WE SEE THEM
BECOMING THAT CLIMATE BENEFITS
BUT WE WERE LOOKING TO HAVE A CONSISTENT METHODOLOGY SO WE
COULD COMPARE VARIOUS LAND USE
PRACTICES AND WE CHOSE 20 YEARS
AS THE MOST LIKELY UNREASONABLE APPLICATION AND WHAT YOU SEE
WITHIN THE WETLANDS IS AT 20
YEARS. WE SEE
LESS CARBON BENEFIT THAN WE DO IF THEY ARE IN PLACE FOR QUITE
A LOT LONGER. THE NEXT SET
OF PRACTICES
KEEP AGRICULTURAL LAND IN PRODUCTION BUT CHANGED THE WAY
THAT THE THAT MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES IN THE LAND IS USED
WITHIN IT'S
ITS APPLICATIONS AND SO WE'RE
STARTING TO SEE HERE THE
REDUCED TILLAGE LOW TILL
COVER CROPS; THE COMBINATIONS
OF THOSE HAVING DIFFERENT
KINDS. ROTATIONS AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF ONE PRACTICES AND
WHERE WE SEE IT
WITHIN THESE VARIOUS
PRACTICES AGAIN BENEFITS TO THE
CLIMATE BENEFITS TO GREENHOUSE
GAS. EMISSION REDUCTIONS BY JUST CHANGING SOME OF THESE
PRACTICES AND KEEPS THE LAND AND PRODUCTION; IT PROTECTS WATER QUALITY TO IMPROVE SOIL
HEALTH AND IT ALSO HAS A
CLIMATE BENEFIT AND WHILE THEY
MAY BE LOWER ON A PER ACRE BASIS WE THINK THAT THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE A LOT OF
ACRES COULD BE PLACED INTO
THESE KINDS OF PRACTICES TO
GENERATE LARGER AND LARGER.
BENEFITS.
LIST IS ABOUT NEW COUNT NUTRIENTS ARE HANDED;
ESPECIALLY THE NITROGEN
USE ON LANDS ON ALL OF THESE ARE PRELIMINARY BECAUSE OF THE
COMPLEXITY OF THE
LITERATURE IN UNDERSTANDING HOW
THESE APPLY TO MINNESOTA SOILS
AND HOW THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL
PROCESSES ARE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE
RESEARCH AND UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE BENEFITS THAT WE CAN SEE
HERE AND HERE YOU SEE AGAIN
SOME SOME MORE MIXED RESULTS
ABOUT HOW THIS IS HAPPENING BUT
AGAIN THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE NEW TREE MANAGEMENT
PROCESS AND SYSTEMS THAT CAN
PLAY A CLIMATE BENEFIT AND THEN
ALSO BEING AWARE OF SOME OF
WHAT WHAT THE THE NEGATIVE
IMPACTS COULD BE SO THAT WE CAN
TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE ARE WORKING AND UNDERSTAFFED THERE
ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITH
THAT. SO WITH THAT THAT
CONCLUDES THAT PUSH CONTROL AGENCIES PRESENTATION WE TO
QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
MATE I'M THAT SENSE OF THAT.
I THINK THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
FIRST
>> AND GRAPHS. FOR THE AIG FOR SRI IN LAND
USE. THE BIG GREEN ONE.
YOU'VE GOT THESE UH.
REALLY BIG SPIKES UP AND DOWN
OVER A A THAT TIME PERIOD.
CAN
YOU EXPLAIN. WHEN YOU HAVE SOME OF THESE ARE VERY SHARP EITHER
INCREASES OR DECREASES. I'M
ASSUMING THAT THAT'S THAT'S AN AGGREGATE
OF THE EGG FORESTRY IN LAND USE. YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC
THAT'S KIND OF A.
THEY WOULD TELL ME THAT YOU DON'T YOU'VE GOT A BASELINE
THERE
LOOKS PRETTY SCARY PRETTY SHAKY AN UNPREDICTABLE AND WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE GRAPH YOU EXPLAIN
THAT.
MADAM CHAIR REPRESENTED THANK
YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND ALSO ITS TO THE NEXT A GRAPH AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE WITH THAT
WITHIN THAT GRAPH IS.
>> THE VARIATION THAT WERE SEEN
IN THE AMOUNT OF CARBON THAT WERE CALCULATED ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS THAT IS
SEQUESTERED ARE HELD WITHIN
STORED WITHIN MINNESOTA'S FOREST. WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE PART OF A NATURAL RESOURCE TO
DO UNDERSTAND HOW WE BETTER.
ACCOMMODATE THOSE MEASURES
BECAUSE THAT IS A DIFFICULT
TYPE OF MEASURE TO MAKE. BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THAT VARIATION IS REALLY COMING DOWN
TO THE HOW
ARE YOU CALCULATING THE AMOUNT OF CARBON THAT IS STORED EACH
YEAR WITH THE INCREASE IN GROWTH IN MINNESOTA'S FOREST
AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT WHERE THE JUMPER OUT IF YOU
LOOK AT THE CROP AGRICULTURE YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S HIS WRIST
REMAIN MOSTLY STEADY
SLIGHTLY GROWING. IN THE MOST
RECENT YEARS AND NOT AS MUCH VARIATION AS WE SEE IN THE
CARBON STORED WITH FORESTRY. YES PAT THANK
THANK ENSURE YEAH IT'S
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL THOUGH YOU
KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THE FIRST PAGE AND THAT'S THE
LAST THING THEY.
>> REGISTER AND SO YOU MIGHT BE
HELPFUL TO BREAK THAT OUT A LITTLE MORE EVEN THESE MACRO
GREAT GRASS BECAUSE. FIRST LOOK
AT THAT IS. YOU'VE
GOT TO
UNPREDICTABLE HAHA FUTURE AT
BASED ON THE ON THE THAT TIME SEPARATE. YEAH; THIS SEEMS TO
EXPLAIN A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE
YOU CAN SEE WIDE VARIATIONS IN
THE IN THE FORCED REBUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO RECONSIDER ABOUT
BEING A LITTLE MORE BRAND NEW ON YOUR YOUR PRESENTATION IN
THAT AREA. THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT; THANK YOU. NO STUDENTS IN MADAME CHAIR REPRESENTED LOOK THINK THANK YOU FOR THE
COMMENT.
QUESTIONS BEST BOOK THEM TO
LOOK FOR. I THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR.
I REALLY APPRECIATE MCA IS WORK ON THIS REPORT I THINK IT'S
IT'S VERY VERY HELPFUL.
>> TO START FIGURING OUT THE HERMAN SUPER STATION CAPACITIES
OF THESE PRACTICES. AND AS I HAVE LOOK AT IT I'VE JUST
BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AS A
LAY PERSON; HOW
TO MAKE HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF IT HAD TO BE CONNECTING IT TO
OTHER SOME OTHER NUMBER SO. SO ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS
RELATED TO SCALE.
SO. THE STATE OF MARYLAND FOR INSTANCE HAS 50% OF THEIR
AGRICULTURAL LAND AND COVER
CROPS; INDIANA HAS 11%. WE HAVE
3% IN MINNESOTA. SO WHAT
WHAT SORT
CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN PIE IMPACT MIGHT HAVE AT MINNESOTA
GETS TO 10% IF WE GET TO 25.
ARE YOU ABLE TO YOU KNOW MAKE THOSE SORTS OF CALCULATIONS
BASED ON THIS RESEARCH. THIS
HAPPENED HERE IS ONE QUESTION
AND THEN ANOTHER JUST LIKE
EASILY DIGESTIBLE IMPACT
COMPARISON SO HOW DO WE COMPARE THAT TO THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES
WE WOULD TAKE OFF THE ROAD.
FOR INSTANCE IS SO. ARE YOU
WITH THEM TO MAKE THOSE SORTS OF CONNECTIONS WITH THIS
RESEARCH.
MADAM CHAIR REPRESENTED AN UPPER I CAN ANSWER THE FIRST OR THE SECOND PART YOUR QUESTION
ALL THAT FRANK TALK TO THE SCALE.
>> THAT IS AN THE CHALLENGE FOR US AS AN AGENCY GENERALLY IS
HOW TO MAKE A TO DIGEST I
JUST DOUBLE AND WE CAN AND WE HAVE DIRECTED TO THE FACT SHEET
THAT WE JUST RECEIVED HIS.
THIS AFFECT THEIR THE 25 ACRES
OF COVER CROPS REMOVES MUCH ATMOSPHERE CARBON IS TAKING ONE
CAR OFF THE ROAD. WE'RE CONTINUING TO ITERATE ON THESE
AND THESE FACTS THAT WE CAN
TRY TO PUT SOME SCALE IN SOME SENSE BEHIND IT SO FOLKS ARE NOT JUST LOOKING AT RAW DATA
FOR THOSE NUMBERS SO IF
YOU HAVE IDEAS FOR THAT SUM FOR FACTS AND FIGURES THAT ARE REALLY HELPFUL THAT SPENT THE
PROBLEM WOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR
THAT. AND THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION FOR THE FIRST PART EXCUSE ME AND LOOK FRANKLY TOO.
THEY CALL IT.
MADAM CHAIR REPRESENT LIPPERT THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING OURSELVES ABOUT THE SCALE THAT WE CAN RAMP THAT UP AND THAT'S WHERE
WE'RE STARTING TO WORK WITH.
>> MORE CLOSELY AS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF THE BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES BUT
ALSO WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA TO HAVE THAT KIND OF ANALYSIS TO LOOK AT WHAT'S
POSSIBLE IN MINNESOTA. SO WE
DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT
NOW; BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
AND THEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IS
ECONOMICALLY AVAILABLE AND VIABLE FOR THESE VARIOUS PRACTICES AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA TO HAVE THAT. LATER THIS SPRING WHAT WE CAN SAY IS
THAT WE LOOKED AT THE STATEWIDE
NUTRIENT REDUCTION PLAN WHICH
THAT CERTAIN ITS GOALS AND
TARGETS FOR LAND PRACTICES USES
TO PRODUCE TOO PROTECT WATER QUALITY IN MINNESOTA AND WE
LOOKED AT IT. ALL OF THOSE
PRACTICES WERE PUT INTO PLACE
AND WE SEE ABOUT A 5 TO 10% REDUCTION IN THE AGRICULTURAL
LAND USE AND FORESTRY SECTOR IF
ALL OF THOSE ACRES THAT WERE CALLED FOR IN THE STATEWIDE
NUTRIENT REDUCTION PLAN WERE CONVERTED
TO THOSE KINDS OF THE BEST
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT'S OUR BEST EQUIVALENCY RIGHT NOW; BUT
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING JUST YET THAT SAYS IF WE REACHED A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF ACREAGE ON
ANY PARTICULAR COMBINATION OF
LAND PRAK KNOW BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WHAT THE REDUCTION
WOULD BE USED AND THEN TAKING
YOUR YOUR OTHER COMMENT INTO
PLACE UP TRYING TO PUT THAT IN TO THE COULD WANT'S THAT PEOPLE CAN MAYBE EASE MORE EASILY
UNDERSTAND BUT WHAT WE DO SEE
ARE THE THAT THE NUMBER OF
ACRES THAT MINNESOTA HAS
AVAILABLE AND THE TYPES OF BENEFITS THAT WE SEE FROM MANY
OF THESE PRACTICES THAT WE SEE
THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLIMATE
PROTECTION FOR WATER QUALITY
PROTECTION FOR SOIL HEALTH
IMPROVEMENT THAT CLEANSING
MAKING OUR BIO FUELS CLEANER AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THE FARMERS AND THE RURAL ECONOMY.
OK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY SO THANK YOU
FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO HEAR FROM THE BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL AND RESOURCES SO WITH
THAT.
IT WAS ALSO. INFORMATION AND
THAT AT THAT.
ALL RIGHT WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEES ARE JUST THE STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN BEGIN
YOUR PRESENTATION; THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING;
MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND JEEP BACK OR CUT OUT THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL
RESOURCES AND WITH ME TODAY.
>> DAN SHAW; A SENIOR ECOLOGIST AND PETITION SPECIALIST WITH THE MINNESOTA BOARD OF WATER
AND SALT RESOURCES.
>> MADAM CHAIR; AND MEMBERS I
THINK IT'S WE'VE ALSO ALREADY SEEN THIS MORNING UNDERSTANDING
AND ACTING ON CLIMATE CHANGE
ISSUES. IT'S REALLY AN
ADMINISTRATIVE WIDE ISSUE IN RESPONSE AND ALSO BASED ON YOUR LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES IN
CONSERVATION.
WE'VE SEEN FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF AG HOW MARKET BASED RESEARCH
HAS CONSIDERATIONS AND
OPPORTUNITIES WE'VE JUST SEEN
FROM THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION
CONTROL AGENCY; HOW TO IDENTIFY
WHAT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES ARE AND SOME OF THE BEST BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO RESPOND
TO THEM.
THE BOARD OF WATER AND
SOIL RESOURCES OUR MODEL IS TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND WITH PRIVATE
LANDOWNERS.
FROM 75% OF MINNESOTA IS IN PRIVATE LAND SO WE REALIZE IF
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
PROGRESS ON ISSUES REGARDING SOIL. WATER CLIMATE
CHANGE THAT WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THOSE THAT PROGRESS NEEDS TO
BE MADE ON PRIVATE LAND
AND SO OUR JOB IS WORKING
THROUGH A LOCAL CONSERVATION
DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH THOSE FOLKS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE
SAME PLACES LANDOWNERS TO GET
ON THE GROUND RESULTS.
IN WORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES
AND FROM THE NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT FROM THE US GLOBAL
CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM.
WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE LEADING INDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN
MINNESOTA.
HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS IN MINNESOTA ARE ALREADY BECOMING
LARGER AND MORE COMMON
AND THE NEED FOR BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO STORE WATER ON THE LANDSCAPE IS
GREATER THAN
EVER BEFORE. EXTREME WEATHER
EVENTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
IMPACT THE QUALITY OF WATER AND
SOIL RESOURCES THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA AND TO DECREASE THE
ABILITY OF OUR LANDSCAPES TO SUSTAINABLY PROVIDE ECONOMIC
AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.
HERE'S A PICTURE
OF AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF SUSTAINED RAINFALL IN NORTHERN
MINNESOTA. THIS IS JUST NORTH OF DULUTH. HERE'S A CLIP THAT
HAS SLOUGHED OFF.
MORE FREQUENT HEAVIER LONGER
DURATIONS OF OF RAIN EVENTS WILL INCREASED SOIL EROSION AND
RUNOFF.
IS A PICTURE OF A
FARM FIELD AND WITH INCREASED
WEATHER AND SOIL EROSION.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT MEANS
INCREASED RUNOFF FROM
FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES AND SEDIMENTS AND IT PUTS PRESSURE ON THE STATE'S DRAINAGE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO MISTER SHOTS GOING TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CLIMATE
TRENDS AND OUR ACTION PLANS.
>> MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS BOTHERS FIRST CLIMATE PLANNING
DOCUMENT WAS PUBLISHED IN 2013.
AND THEN WE RECENTLY UPDATED
THE DOCUMENT IN 2019.
THIS MOST RECENT DOCUMENT
INCLUDES
UPDATED STRATEGIES BASED ON
CURRENT SCIENCE TO ADAPT TO EXTREME PRECIPITATION. AND OTHER IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE. IT
ALSO INCLUDES UPDATED
CALCULATIONS OF CLIMATE
MEDICATION BENEFITS OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES BASED ON
PCA IS WHERE.
MANY
ABOUT ERS HAVE
BENEFITS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE WE HAVE AN OVERALL EMPHASIS ON RESTORING RESILIENT LANDSCAPES.
AND THAT'S TO OUR IMPLEMENTATION AND THE PLANNING
WORK THAT WE DO RESTARTING SOIL HEALTH HAS BEEN A BIG
INITIATIVE. EFFECTIVE
WATER MANAGEMENT TREATMENT AND
USE HAS BECOME A BIG EMPHASIS
BECAUSE OF EXTREME
PRECIPITATION. THAT'S ADDRESS PARTLY THROUGH ONE WATERSHED ONE PLAN ANOTHER LOCAL WATER
PLANNING.
THE CONSERVATION PRACTICES THAT
BROWSER FUNDS. THERE'S A SERIES OF THEM THAT HELP ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE.
ALSO COLLABORATION WITH OUR
PARTNERS IN THE WORLD AND URBAN COMMUNITIES IS ANOTHER BIG
FOCUS.
AND IN URBAN AREAS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND URBAN FOR
US.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS
THAT HAVE SPECIFIC
BENEFITS FOR MITIGATING CLIMATE
CHANGE AND ADAPTATION. INCREASING LANDSCAPE
RESILIENCY.
IN MARQUEE TALE ABOUT EACH OF
THESE IN THE UPCOMING SLIDE SO
BUFFERS AND FIELD BORDERS ARE DEFINITELY PLAYING AN IMPORTANT
ROLE REDUCED HILL HAS A GRASP
ON RESTORATION AND THEN ALSO FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT. OUR
ESTIMATES ARE ABOUT 300;000
METRIC TONS OF C OR 2 PER YEAR ARE BEING REDUCED THROUGH THESE
PRACTICES.
BOWSER PROVIDES COST SHARE AND
OTHER PROGRAM PASSED THROUGH
FUNDS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
WORK DIRECTLY WITH LANDOWNERS
TO IMPLEMENT A RANGE OF
CONSERVATION PRACTICES. THESE PRACTICES ARE ESTIMATED TO
REDUCE ROCK 300;000 METRIC
TONS. SO THEY'RE PLAYING AN
IMPORTANT ROLE AND THERE IS A
BRAINS OF THESE DIFFERENT PRACTICES WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE
NUMBER OF ACRES OF CONSERVATION
EASEMENTS BUT HELP MANAGE WATER
INCREASE LANDSCAPE RESILIENCY
AND SEQUESTER CARBON.
GRASSLAND CONVERSION IS THE
LARGEST EMITTER OF GREENHOUSE GASES AND PROTECTING GRASSLANDS
LIGHT-YEAR P IS
AN IMPORTANT. ROLE OF THESE CONSERVATION PROGRAMS TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS. THE CURRENT CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
ALSO KNOWN AS SCRAP. COMBINES
FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING.
TO PROVIDE PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION OPTIONS AND THESE
LAST 10 TO INCLUDE
A WETLAND ACRES ON MANY OF THEM IN ADDITION TO HER A
RESTORATION.
SO THIS MAP SHOWS
THE PRIORITY AREA FOR THE PREP INITIATIVE HAVE A HAS A GOAL OF
A 60;000 ACRES OVER 5 YEARS. AND THERE'S BUFFER PROJECTS THAT ARE PART OF THE SWAT LINES
WELL HAD. PROTECTION AS WELL AS PART OF
THE SCRIPT INITIATIVE.
WHAT ONE'S ALSO ARE ARE PLAYING A ROLE HOW THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN WATER STORAGE
WITH THE EXTREME.
>> WEATHER THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING HOW THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE OF HOLDING THAT
EXCESS WATER AND SO THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT PART. THE WETLANDS.
PARTICULARLY METAL WETLANDS ARE WEAPONS THAT HAVE
SATURATED SOIL PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT CARBON SEQUESTRATION
BENEFIT AS WELL TO PLAY A ROLE
IN MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> THAT THESE PROGRAMS
ARE ALL PART OF A LARGER GOAL
AROUND
SOIL HEALTH. SOIL CONTAINS IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CONTAIN
VAST AMOUNTS OF CARBON.
AND SO THE SAME PRACTICES THAT
ARE KNOWN TO IMPROVE SOIL
HEALTH AND WATER QUALITY CAN ALSO INCREASE CARBON
SEQUESTRATION.
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; THE BOARD OF WATER
AND SO RESOURCES BEGIN A PROGRAM CALLED THE MINNESOTA
OFFICE FOR
SOIL HEALTH. AND SO THE POINT OF THE MINNESOTA OFFICE
PERSONNEL HEALTH IS TO TAKE THE
RESEARCH AND BE ABLE TO APPLY IT TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH
LANDOWNERS.
HERE'S A DEMONSTRATION DAY THIS HAPPENED OUT THIS FALL JUST
OUTSIDE OF NORTHFIELD
AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE THERE IS
THE ROSHAN POTENTIAL SO THE THE TO BE ON THE LEFT IS
CONVENTIONAL TILLED SOIL.
AND THE TUBE ON THE RIGHT.
IT'S NO TELL SOIL AND SO THIS SHOWS WHEN YOU ADD WATER
TO IT IT SHOWS THE EROSION POTENTIAL OF THOSE 2 TYPES OF
SOIL. SO
MOST AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT
IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH; THEN CAN ALSO HELP MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE.
>> BOWS AND OTHER AGENCIES ARE
FOCUSING A LOT OF ATTENTION ON COVER CROWDS ARE REALLY IS A LOT OF BENEFITS OF OF COVER
THEY PROVIDE A PROTECTIVE
CANOPY.
THAT CAN GREATLY REDUCE EROSION
AND RUNOFF WHILE INCREASING INFILTRATION OF COVER CROPS
INCREASE OIL OUR CAM
IQ MATTER WHICH CAN IMPROVE
SOIL HEALTH AND ALSO HELPS DURING TIMES OF DROUGHT TO HAVE
THAT ADDITIONAL ORGANIC
MATERIAL IN THE SOIL.
THEY CAN REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
NITROGEN FERTILIZER NEEDED POTENTIALLY LOWERING COSTS OF
PRODUCTION.
AND PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY
GRAZING FOR LIVESTOCK AND FOOD SOURCES FOR WILDLIFE SUCH AS BENEFICIAL INSECTS AND
POLLINATORS.
SEVERAL STUDIES ARE UNDERWAY TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO
MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS OF COVER CROPS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
ALSO PLAY AN
IMPORTANT ROLE WITH
UNDERSTANDING HOW TO MOST EFFECTIVELY USE COVER CROPS
SPOUSE OR RECENTLY AWARDED A
MILLION DOLLARS. THE 5 STAR AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
ARE A COVER CROP DEMONSTRATION
GRAMS WE'LL BE WORKING WITH PRODUCERS AND FOR US IT INCORPORATING COVER CROPS INTO
THEIR OPERATIONS. AND THAT
STILL HAVE A FOCUS
ADOPTERS LOCAL CONSERVATION
STAFF WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND EDUCATION TO LOCAL LANDOWNERS AND SO THIS IS
ONE OF A NEWER INITIATIVES THAT
FOCUS ON COVER CROPS.
A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT OF COVER
CROPS PARTICULARLY
ON EROSION. PRONE LAND IS THAT
THEY CAN PROVIDE AN ADDED LAYER
OF PROTECTION OVER CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE FROM EXTREME WEATHER
AND WE'VE SEEN THIS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE WHERE WE'VE HAD EXTREME WEATHER
OR A
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT RED THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF A
MOVEMENT OF SOIL.
POLLINATOR HABITAT; I'M ALSO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE
RESILIENCY OF LANDSCAPES AND
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 35%
OF OUR FOOD CROPS ARE
POLLINATED BY. BY BEES AND SO THEY'RE PLAYING AN IMPORTANT
ROLE WE HAVE A NEW LAWS THAT
LIKE HUMANS PROGRAM WITH BOWS
ARE THAT'S FOCUS ON BENEFITING THE FEDERALLY ENDANGERED RUSTY
PATCHED BUMBLEBEE BY
ESTABLISHING HABITAT AND URBAN
AM. WELL LANCE
KISS REPLANTING INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOPS COACHING AND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR YARD
PROJECTS. WE HAVE A CURRENT APPLICATION. THE AREA THAT'S OPEN THROUGH FEBRUARY 20TH
THROUGH
THIS PROGRAM AND VASES ALSO
F-KING FOCUSING ON POLLINATOR HABITAT ON OUR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS TO POLLINATOR POTS
AND OTHER EFFORTS AS WELL.
ULTIMATELY
CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS
OF THESE PRACTICES THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY COMBINE
DIFFERENT BENEFITS WITHIN LANDSCAPES SO THESE ARE WATER
STORAGE BENEFITS CARBON
STORAGE. SO HEALTH WATER QUALITY HABITAT; RECREATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES ON EASEMENTS AND
LANDSCAPE RESILIENCY.
>> WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE
ISN'T JUST ONE SOLUTION
AND THAT PRIVATE LANDOWNERS
MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS; 10 AND HOW TO BEST MANAGE THEIR LAND
AND SO THIS IS A CONSERVATION
CONTINUUM OF LANDOWNER CHOICE SO ON THE ONE HAND ON THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE A LANDOWNER ME CHOOSE TO DO WORK ON THEIR LAND
WITH NO OUTSIDE SUPPORT OR NO
ASSISTANCE TO HAVING JUST
GETTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN
SHORT TERM CONTRACTS ALL THE WAY UP TO PERPETUAL LAND
EASEMENTS. AND WITH THAT WE
STAND FOR QUESTIONS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THE QUESTIONS. DISRUPTION HAMILTON. >> THANK YOU CHAIR; BUT POPPY
INTO TEST FIRES.
ON YOUR SOIL AND WATER
CONSERVATION GRANTS. I BELIEVE
YOU SAID THAT 300;000 METRIC
TONS OF C O 2 PER YEAR HAVE BEEN REDUCED THROUGH THAT GRANT
IMPLEMENT STATION AND IN THE
DEPARTMENT
OF BAGS. WATER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THEY HAVE AN ESTIMATION
OF 40;000 TONS REDUCED. MY
QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE ULTIMATE
GOAL. WHAT NUMBER ONE CYBER
CULTURE TEENS THAT WHERE
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE SATISFIED. WHAT WE NEED TO BE
REACHING FOR A GUESS.
A METAL
CHAIR THAT'S VERY GOOD QUESTION. I THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT.
>> BETWEEN THE AGENCIES AND OTHER PARTNERS WE ACTUALLY NEED MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT ABOUT YOU
KNOW WHAT
WHAT IS IT WE REALLY NEED TO
REACH GET TO OUR ULTIMATE
DEFINITELY THE MORE CONSERVATION PRACTICES WE CAN
COLLECTIVELY GET ON THE GROUND. OH IT'S GOING TO BE
HAVING ADDITIONAL CARBON
SEQUESTRATION TOO SEE THOSE
CHANGES. THERE'S BEEN
SOME ESTIMATED ESTIMATES ABOUT
COVER CROPS THAT.
IF A QUARTER OF MINNESOTA
CROPLANDS WOULD REDUCE
HE WOULD HAVE COVER CROPS WOULD BE REDUCING EMISSIONS BY ABOUT
1 MILLION TIMES.
EQUIVALENT OF TAKING ABOUT
200;000 CARS OFF THE ROAD.
AND. SO THERE IS HUGE POTENTIAL
WITH. COVER CROPS AND THESE
OTHER PRACTICES AND I THINK AS
WE MOVE AHEAD; WE DO NEED TO
COLLABORATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES
AND PARTNERS OF FORGOTTEN WHAT
WHAT ARE THESE GOALS WE NEED TO TRY
TO GET TO YOU KNOW; WE'RE WE'RE
LOOKING AT PRETTY SMALL.
BENEFITS RIGHT NOW I THINK WITH OUR WHERE YOU THINK THERE'S
ABOUT A 2% REDUCTION OF THE AG
SECTOR EMISSIONS. WITH OUR CURRENT PRACTICES THAT
WE DO. AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT THERE AND
SO ANNIE SHARE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN DO OR INCREASE MOVING AHEAD IS GOING TO HAVE INCREMENTAL
STEPS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM TO THE TEST FIRES WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HAVE
THAT NUMBER FOR US.
>> NOW THAT MAN
CIARAN REPRESENTATIVE; YOU KNOW
THE LARGER SCALE QUESTION THAT
AND THAT I THINK YOU'RE GETTING
AT IS ONE OF OF
IT'S BIGGER MAYBE THAT ALL OF
US IN THIS ROOM; THE THE
GOVERNOR ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER EARLIER IN THE SAYING THAT HE WANTED AGENCIES TO COME
TOGETHER AND HE WANTED TO FORM A SUB CABINET AROUND CLIMATE
CHANGE AND SO
THAT SUB CABINET BRINGS ACROSS TO A BROAD SECTOR FOLKS TO TAKE
A LOOK AT AND UNDERSTAND
TRY TO BETTER QUANTIFY BECAUSE
RIGHT NOW HONESTLY WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF
UNDERSTANDING UNTIL WE KNOW
RIGHT NOW THAT THAT
THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE IN
OUR TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES CONTRIBUTE TO ABOUT
2% OF THE OVERALL AGRICULTURAL
BASED EMISSIONS AND I THINK THE
OVERALL WANT TO TAKE
QUANTIFICATION OF THAT IN IN
CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS IS
SOMETHING THAT THE SUB CABINET
AND OTHERS AROUND THE STATE ARE
ARE TRYING TO REVIEW AND
UNDERSTAND AND DETERMINE.
>> ALL RIGHT ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS. I DON'T
SEE ANY. THANK YOU SO I THANK
YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> AND SO WE ARE AT THE POINT
WHERE WE WILL BE BREAKING FOR LUNCH.
>> WE DON'T COME BACK IF YOU
CHOOSE TO COME BACK IN AN HOUR OR SO AT 10 TO YOU CAN SEE BACK
TO BAKER
GET THAT PRESENTATION AND OTHER WAYS WILL RECONVENE AT ONE AND
BEFORE YOU THEIR ACT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF BILLS OF PEOPLE AND
SINCE SIGNING ON ONE IS FOR RFA
FOR FOR A FINANCE AUTHORITY
AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE BONDS MILLION AND THAT
SAID THE REQUEST
BY THE TO REPLENISH THOSE FUNDS
SO I'VE HAD IT
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT FOR
SURE LIKE TO SEE A SIGN ON TO THAT BILL BUT THAT ANYBODY ELSE
WOULD LIKE TO YOU CAN DO THAT AND I THINK REPRESENT OF THE
EFFORT HAS A BILL AS WELL AND
DO AND JUST DESCRIBE YOUR BILL
PEOPLE TO SIGN ON THE 5TH.
>> SAID BILL RELATED TO A
GRANTS FOR A SOHO PRACTICES AS
>> ALL RIGHT SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO BE THOSE AND SIGN AND THOSE
THAT WOULD BE GREAT OTHERWISE
WE WILL STAND IN RECESS AND
RECONVENE AT 01:00PM.
