The department may award grants for projects undertaken by agricultural producers that are designed to do any of the following:
- (1) Reduce nitrates in groundwater and surface water.
- (2) Collect data to ascertain the balance of the appropriate application of commercial nitrogen while reducing loss to the atmosphere, groundwater, or surface water.
- (3) Install conservation practices to assist with commercial nitrogen optimization coupled with monitoring runoff and testing soils.
- (4) Optimize commercial nitrogen use via agronomic methods and techniques.
History
History: CR 25-057: cr. Register March 2026 No. 843, eff. 4-1-26.