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State Ag Department Earns $3.5 Million for Irrigation Conservation Project in Central Minnesota

Saint Cloud, MN, USA / KNSI
Dene Dryden
Apr 30, 2021 | 3:52 PM
Photo by Hossam M. Omar on Unsplash

(KNSI) – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has earned $3.5 million from the federal government to put toward a five-year project focused on implementing conservation measures on irrigated farmlands.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is granting the funds to the MDA and its partners to help farmers who use irrigation systems to water their crops in a way that better conserves groundwater.

The “Implementing Innovative Irrigation Practices to Protect Groundwater Quality and Quantity” project’s partners include Central Lakes College, the University of Minnesota and the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. It will focus on 20 Minnesota counties, including Benton, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Otter Tail, Sherburne, Stearns and Todd.

The irrigation conservation effort is one of 85 projects within the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

“The Regional Conservation Partnership Program is public-private partnership working at its best,” said Terry Cosby, Acting Chief for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. “These new projects will harness the power of partnership to help bring about solutions to natural resource concerns across the country while supporting our efforts to combat the climate crisis.”

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