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Watonwan SWCD approves six soil-health contracts under FY25/26 grants
Summary
Board approved six contracts for soil-health practices (strip-till, no-till, cover crops, windbreaks) under FY25–26 Soil Health grants; individual contract amounts and NRCS practice codes were recorded, and one contract’s minutes include an internal cost-share discrepancy noted in the record.
The Watonwan SWCD board approved six local contracts under the FY25 and FY26 Soil Health Practices Grant programs at the May 12 meeting. Contracts approved included 83-1-3 (estimated $20,741 for NRCS 329 residue and till management across 296.3 acres), 83-1-5 (estimated $19,705 for NRCS 329 across 281.5 acres), 25-SH-07 (actual cost $4,560.98; 85% cost-share up to $5,000 for NRCS 380 windbreak establishment; the applicant is not requesting an additional $15.42 to reach the full 85% share), 83-1-6 (estimated $39,960 for NRCS 340 cover crop across 296 acres), 83-1-7 (estimated $20,720 for NRCS 329 across 296 acres) and 83-1-8 (minutes show an inconsistency: the estimated cost is listed as $19,509 in one line and $19,705 in another).
Staff presented each contract’s tract and field acreage and the applicable NRCS practice code; the board approved the package on a motion by Matt Wolle, seconded by Bret Braaten, with recorded unanimous support. The minutes note funding sources as FY25 or FY26 Soil Health Grant Program and identify the applicable NRCS practice code for each contract.
