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Olmsted County pilot to expand: outcome‑based soil‑health payments credited with nitrate reductions
Summary
Representative Smith introduced House File 2916 to expand Olmsted County’s outcome‑based Groundwater Protection Soil Health Initiative across Southeast Minnesota; county staff and farmers testified the pilot produced measurable nitrate reductions and rapid farmer enrollment, and asked the committee to support a regional rollout.
Representative Kristin Smith moved House File 2916 to expand Olmsted County’s Groundwater Protection Soil Health Initiative to the Southeast region. Committee testimony described an outcome‑based incentive program that pays farmers when performance standards—such as achieving at least 12 inches of cover crop growth—are met.
Skip Langer, soil conservation manager for the Olmsted County Soil and Water Conservation District, described the program’s development, its ARPA…
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