Kittson Soil and Water Conservation District
Ag BMP Low Interest Loan Program
Created by the 1994 State Legislature, The Agriculture Best Management Practices Loan Program (AgBMP) brings low interest loans to farmers and other rural landowners for the preventions of non-point source pollution. The program is funded through the State Revolving Fund, which was a result of the 1987 Federal Clean Water Act.
Low Interest Loans are available to farmers and landowners in Kittson County to bring their septic systems into conformance with water quality standards and to help implement other storm water control practices, such as those needed to protect streambank, lakeshore, roadside and agricultural land from erosion.
The maximum loan amount per applicant is currently $200,000. The low interest loans are available at a 3% interest rate.
Loan Eligibility: To be eligible, projects must be located in the rural areas of Kittson County. Individuals who want to apply for loans should contact the Kittson SWCD for a loan application packet or view the attachments below. Applicants will need to provide information about the proposed project to be funded and the desired loan amount.
Projects/equipment that qualify:
-Purchasing conservation tillage equipment such as chisel plows, manure spreaders, no-till drills and no-till planters.
-Conservation practices such as streambank stabilizations, side inlets and grassed waterways.
-Upgrade and improvements to existing sewage-treatments systems.
Ag BMP Loan Application
State Information on Ag BMP Loan Program
Photo Contest
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Cover Crop Program
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Custom Services
KSWCD offers several
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MAWQCP
The Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program is available in Kittson County!
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Minnesotans take great pride in the precious natural resources our state has to offer, but we’re not all conservation experts.
That’s where Soil & Water Conservation Districts come in.
Interested in learning more about SWCDs and the important work done by their staff and elected board's across Minnesota? Watch and share this new video from the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
Upcoming Events
Kittson SWCD hosted a strip till field tour July 27th to showcase our project that we are partnered on with General Mills, Barry Callebaut, and the U of M with on the benefits of strip tillage and no till practices with sugar beets and various other crops.
See photos from the field tour below!
