BMP Loan Program

By Sara West 

Nutrient Management 

Specialist, Fillmore SWCD

The Ag BMP Loan Program: 

• Provides loans for projects that help improve water quality
• Provides loans up to $200,000 with 3% financing for a maximum of a 10-year term 
• Can be used with cost share programs  

Who Can Get a Loan? 

• Farmers 
• Rural landowners 
• Ag supply businesses 

What Do We Fund? 

• Manure storage structures 
• Feedlot improvements 
• Manure handling/Application equipment 
• Conservation tillage equipment/Aeeders
• Erosion control practices 
• Variable rate technologies 
• New or upgrading septic systems 
• Alternative energy projects
• 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 Sara West at the Fillmore SWCD 507-887-0240 or Sara.West@fillmoreswcd.org