Best Management Practices (BMP) Program for Florida Agriculture
Florida
Department
of
Agriculture
and
Consumer
Services
Agricultural Best Management Practices
(BMP)
Program
Blue-Green
Algae
Task
Force
June 12,
2019
What
are
BMPs?
Management
Strategies,
Tools
and
Practices
Improve
water
quality,
conserve
water
and
protect
the
environment
BMP
Manuals
Practice
Categories:
Nutrient
Management
Irrigation
Management
Water
Resource
Protection
C
o
m
i
n
g
Soon!
Florida
Small
Farms
How
Are Site-Specific
BMPs
Determined?
Site
-
specific
evaluation
tailored to
the
features
of
individual
properties
•
Soil
types
•
Slope
•
Water
features
•
Size
of
property
•
Existing
infrastructure,
i.e.
irrigation
•
Technological
ability of
producer
•
Cost share available
to
assist with
implementation
How
Do
We
Know
That Agricultural
Producers
Are
Following
BMPs?
•
Required
by Rule
5M-1
F.A.C.
•
Annual
Certification
–electronic and/or
staff
assisted
•
Implementation
Verification
Site
Visit
–
Performed
year
round through
field
staff
site
visits
•
In
the
NEEPA
and in
any
other
adopted
BMAP,
agricultural
producers
must either implement
appropriate BMPs
or
monitor their
water
quality
to prove
that they meet
state
water
quality
standards.
•
FDACS
has
referred
landowners
to
the
FDEP
for enforcement
of
the
water
quality
monitoring
provision.
Thank
You!
http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-
Offices/Agricultural-Water-Policy
Bonnie
Wolff
Pelaez
Program
Planning
Coordinator
(850)688-0833
Bonnie.WolffPelaez@FreshFromFlorida.com
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services implements the Agricultural Best Management Practices Program to improve water quality, conserve water, and protect the environment. BMPs are management strategies tailored to individual properties based on soil types, slope, water features, and more. Agricultural producers are required to follow BMPs or monitor water quality to meet state standards.
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Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Agricultural Best Management Practices (BMP) Program Blue-Green Algae Task Force June 12, 2019
What areBMPs? Management Strategies, Tools and Practices Improve water quality, conserve water and protect the environment
BMPManuals Coming Soon! Florida SmallFarms PracticeCategories: Nutrient Management Irrigation Management Water ResourceProtection
How Are Site-Specific BMPsDetermined? Site - specific evaluation tailored to the features of individual properties Soil types Slope Water features Size of property Existing infrastructure, i.e. irrigation Technological ability of producer Cost share available to assist with implementation
How Do We Know That Agricultural ProducersAre FollowingBMPs? Required by Rule 5M-1 F.A.C. Annual Certification electronic and/or staff assisted Implementation Verification Site Visit Performed year round through field staff site visits In the NEEPA and in any other adopted BMAP, agricultural producers must either implement appropriate BMPs or monitor their water quality to prove that they meet state water quality standards. FDACS has referred landowners to the FDEP for enforcement of the water quality monitoring provision.
ThankYou! http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions- Offices/Agricultural-Water-Policy Bonnie Wolff Pelaez Program PlanningCoordinator (850)688-0833 Bonnie.WolffPelaez@FreshFromFlorida.com
