farmer led change - olmstead
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Farmer‐Led Change andThe Wisconsin Farmer‐Led Watershed Council Project
Julia OlmsteadJuly 25, 2016
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A HEALTHY AND RESILIENT MISSISSIPPI RIVER
REDUCED N, P, AND SEDIMENT
SUPPLY CHAINS
STATE AND FEDERAL POLICY
CULTURE
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WI CRP Reductions as
of 2012
St. Croix County:
34,579 acres
Pierce County:
22,474 acres
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• How do we create long‐term changes in agriculture that improve water quality?
• Do we have to pay farmers to get them to change?
• What happens when corn prices go up (or down)?
• Is more regulation the solution?
• Why won’t farmers do what we want them to do?
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Farmer‐Led Watershed Project Team
• UW‐Extension• Wisconsin DNR• Land Conservation Departments of Dunn, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Counties
• Wisconsin Farmers Union
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Wisconsin Farmer‐Led Watershed Project
Process:1. Organize farmers into watershed‐based
leadership councils2. Learn together about water quality impairments
and on‐field solutions3. Develop farmer leadership by giving them
decision‐making power and through farmer‐farmer teaching and learning
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Wisconsin Farmer‐Led Watershed Project
• 4 watersheds, one in each of 4 counties
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Wisconsin Farmer‐Led Watershed Project
Process:1. Organize farmers into watershed‐based leadership
councils2. Learn together about water quality impairments
and on‐field solutions3. Develop farmer leadership by giving them
decision‐making power and through farmer‐farmer teaching and learning
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Soil Sampling
Sampling Dry Run Creek Stream bank and bed
Cost‐sharing or paying outright for field soil samples
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Monitoring
5 Edge‐of‐field monitors,
locations picked by farmers
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Wisconsin Farmer‐Led Watershed Project
Process:1. Organize farmers into watershed‐based leadership
councils2. Learn together about water quality impairments
and on‐field solutions3. Develop farmer leadership by giving them
decision‐making power and through farmer‐farmer teaching and learning
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“We are a group of farmers…
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INSIGHT #1
Not all watersheds are primed for success.
1. Scale2. Geography3. Earlier or existing models in watershed
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Water quality per se isn’t the most effective motivator.
St. Croix County, June 2014
INSIGHT #2
Climate Change Seminar, September 2014
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INSIGHT #3
Monetary incentives less important than we thought.
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Horse Creek WatershedMarch 10, 2016
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INSIGHT #4
Early leadership development/establishment is critical.
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INSIGHT #5
Farmers value this project, but quantitative results can be elusive.
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Thank you!
Julia Olmstead
McKnight Foundation710 South 2nd Street, Suite 400
Minneapolis, MN 55401
[email protected]‐333‐4220