Farmers in the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program have higher profits than non-certified farms. AgCentric Executive Director Keith Olander attributes the profitability to their management characteristics. “We have over 100 producers that are agricultural water quality-certified that span the state of Minnesota and they are also part of farm business development. We have developed a five-year run of the economics of those producers. They are outperforming their peers on a regular basis.” Certified farms had an average net cash income of nearly $214,000 compared to $163,000 for non-certified farms. Certified farms also had better debt-to-asset and operating expense ratios.
