Ag BMP Loan Program

The Ag BMP Loan Program 

•Provides loans for projects that help reduce water pollution

•Provides loans up to $200,000 with 3% financing for a max of a 10-year term 

•Can be used with cost share programs 

•Funding possible statewide 

Who can get a loan? 

•Farmers 

•Rural landowners 

•Ag supply businesses 

What do we fund? 

•Manure storage areas 

•Feedlot improvements 

•Manure handling and application equipment 

•Conservation tillage equipment 

•Erosion control practices 

•Variable rate technologies 

•New or upgrading septic systems 

•Buffers 

•Well repairs, replacement or treatment equipment

•Any other practice that improves water quality! 

Further information can be found on the MDA website: www.mda.state.mn.us/agbmploans.

For further assistance and to begin the loan application process please contact the Fillmore SWCD and speak with Anne Koliha, (507) 765-3878, ext. 123 or anne.koliha@fillmoreswcd.org.