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Prairie Lakes Conference August 11th, 2016
Sean McMahonIAWA Executive Director
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Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance
• Mission: Increase the pace and scale of
farmer-led efforts to improve water quality
• Founding organizations
– Iowa Corn Growers Association
– Iowa Pork Producers Association
– Iowa Soybean Association
• Diverse Advisory Council
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Iowa Farmers’ Contributions
• Rich soils, economics, markets, policy and
technology have led to Iowa farmers being
first in soybeans, corn, pork, eggs
• Soybeans alone…..
– China – 15M metric tons
– Iowa – 14M metric tons
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U.S. Corn Production and Nutrient Use
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Land Use Changes
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Barley
Corn Grain Harvested
Flaxseed
Hay Alfalfa
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Oats
Rye
Sorghum
Soybeans Harvested
Wheat
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Soils Vulnerable to Leaching
Water nutrient content has more to do with historic changes in land use and hydrology than inputs by farmers.
Soils vulnerable to leaching and erosion.
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Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy
• Science-based / outcomes based strategy
• Voluntary…….but not optional
• Transformational change required
– ~ $4B initial capital
• No single practice
will solve
• Implementation
must rapidly accelerate
NRCS Photo
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• 100 Iowa cities have
committed to the Iowa
Strategy
– Infrastructure costs
– Flood mitigation / storm
water
– Source water protection
– Habitat and economic
development
– Sustainability
Iowa Cities Participate
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• Construction of bioreactors treating both
urban and ag runoff
• Created wetlands, treating ag and urban
runoff
• ‘Reverse’ field day (city managers + ag
community)
• Leading role in developing IA nutrient offset
program
• Partnering with SWCD to develop a WMA
and identify urban/ag projects
Cities Taking Action – Storm
Lake, Iowa
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Conservation Practices• Cover Crops• Nutrient Management• Strip Till / No-Till• Bioreactors• Saturated Buffers• Prairie STRIPS• Nutrient Treatment Wetlands• Drainage Water Management• Buffers, Grass Waterways,
Terraces
NRCS Photo
Farmers Taking
Action
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Farmers Taking Action: Cover Crops
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Farmers Taking Action: Bioreactors
Greene County Bioreactor
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Woodchip Bioreactors for N removal. An innovative practice being applied in watersheds with nitrogen resource concerns. Water monitoring data to validate performance.
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Farmers Taking Action: Saturated Buffers
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Watershed Action Focus
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Initial Estimated CostsInitial Cost: $5.0m ($117/ac)
Yearly Cost: $750k ($45/ac)
*Update – after completion of watershed plan, Mitchell SWCD applied and received WPF/WSPF funding from IDALS. $174K/year one; $962K total request.
Watershed Action FocusRock Creek Watershed Management Plan
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Forming Partnerships
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• Co-led by IAWA and IDALS
• Largest RCPP project in nation in 2016
• Focused on water quality practices
• Integration of FieldPrint Calculator
environmental metrics with private sector
platforms (supply chain engagement)
Midwest Water Quality
Partnership Project (RCPP)
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$48M Public-Private Partnership:
Midwest Ag Water Qual. Partnership
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Practices
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• Integration of FTM FPC environmental metrics
with private sector platforms
• Agrium/CPS, AgSolver, Agronomic Technol.
Corp., DuPont Pioneer, Syngenta, United
Suppliers, WinField
• Aligns with Midwest Row Crop Collaboration
(MRCC)
RCPP Platform Integration
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• $97M, Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Mgt. /
Iowa Flood Center / Iowa Economic Development
Authority
• Improve resiliency of Iowa to flood events, watershed
scale, partnering urban-rural interests
• Reduce flood risk, improve water quality, increase
resilience, engage stakeholders, improve quality of life
and health, scalable/replicable program
$97M Public–Private Partnership
“The Iowa Watershed Approach”
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• Soil health metric with chemical, physical and
biological indicators
• Link soil health with land valuation
• New asset class around soil health
• Resilience, risk and ag lending
Applying Innovations - Soil Health
and Land Valuation
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Applying Innovations: Sub-Field Profitability Analysis
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Sub-field Scale Profitability Analysis
Summary
50 Year Yld Ave: 170 bu/acre50 Year Yld STD: 38 bu/acreProfit Average: $47 $/acreProfit STD: $235 $/acre
Years Profitable Ave: 31
Years Profitable STD: 14Percentage of Field Profitable: 74%
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Sub-field Scale Profitability Analysis
Summary
Discontinue ops on areas with aveloss > $250/acre with risk adjusted
ins prem’s and int rates
Profit Average: $76 $/acreProfit STD: $124 $/acrePercentage of Field Profitable: 72%Percentage of Field Used Profitable: 81%
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No Cost Zone
Expense Limited Zone
Revenue Zone
Applying Innovations – ROI Based
Agronomic Management
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• Business planning as entry point to
conservation planning and water quality
practices
IAWA
Heartland Co-op
AgSolver
ISA-EPSPheasants
Forever
SWCDs
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Business Planning
Identify areas with <0 ROI Plan and implement practice(s)
Business and Conservation
Planning Integration
Conservation Planning
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• Consistent, adequate funding
• Scope of effort
– 88,000 farmers to inform
– Need ~ 17M cover crops; currently at 500K
– Need ~ 120,000 bioreactors and sat buffers; currently at ~60
– Need ~ 7K wetlands; currently at ~70
• Required infrastructure not all in place
• Technical expertise/capacity for outreach
Challenges for Implementation
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Questions?