Minnesota Climate Smart Agriculture Extension Program
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Agriculture in Minnesota generates more than $112 billion in total economic impact and supports more than 431,000 jobs.
Agriculture in Minnesota generates more than $112 billion in total economic impact and supports more than 431,000 jobs.
Water in Minnesota is a critical cultural and natural resource, vital to our state’
MCAP is part of the Dashboard for Agricultural Water Use and Nutrient Management (DAWN) project, a multi-year, multi-institutional effort to create "a predictive decision support tool to sustain food and energy crop production in the U.S.