South Dakota Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Jaspers To - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

South Dakota Department

• f Agriculture

Secretary Mike Jaspers To To pr promo mote, p protect and and pre rese serve a agri griculture f for today day and t and tomo morrow.

Overview

• Structure
• Budget Overview
• FTE and Staffing
• Proposed Legislation
• Budget Adjustments
• Division Specific Information and

Accomplishments

Structure

WI LDLAND FI RE

Boards and Commissions

Advisory Boards (4)

• Weed and Pest Control Commission
• State Fair Commission
• State Conservation Commission
• State Seed Certification Board

Boards and Commissions

Policy/Budgetary Boards (10)

• Animal Industry Board
• Brand Board
• American Dairy Association
• Oilseeds Council
• Soybean Research & Promotion Council
• Corn Utilization Council
• Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
• Pulse Crops Council
• Wheat Utilization Research & Marketing Development

Commission

• Value Added Finance Authority

SDDA

$17,881,095

Boards & Commissions

$31,251,127

Total 2018 Budget: $49,132,222

General Funds Budgeted Federal Fund Authority Other Fund Authority

$4,816,351 $5,696,097 $7,095,723

SDDA 2018 Budget: $17,881,095

FTE

SDDA FTE, 117 Boards and Commissions FTE, 86 Seasonal Staff, 22.9

Total SDDA FTE: 225.9

Staff: 117 Full-Time

10 9 31 20 8 39 Office of the Secretary Ag Development Ag Services Resource Conservation & Forestry State Fair Wildland Fire

Unutilized FTE

Utilized, 208.5 Unutilized, 17.4

FY 2015

Utilized, 208 Unutilized, 17.9

FY 2016

SDDA currently has no long term vacancies.

• SB 14: An Act to make an appropriation from the coordinated

natural resources conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission and to declare an emergency.

• Request for $1,000,000 in other fund expenditure

authority for grants to conservation districts.

• SB 15: An Act to make an appropriation for costs related to

suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.

• Request for $3.3 million in general funds to backfill the

fire suppression fund.

Proposed Legislation

Summary of Budget Adjustments: Division of Wildland Fire

FY2018 estimated expenses $1,645,000 Federal funds reduction ($459,315) One-time money secured from feds $108,505 Impact of federal cuts FY18 ($350,810) Wildland Fire’s internal savings $169,330 Recommended general fund increase $181,480 Funding shortfall $0 Recommended increase for capital assets $20,234 FY18 total general fund $201,714 Renegotiated single engine air tanker contract shared with Nebraska ($200,000) Total Net Impact on State General Fund $1,714

Summary of Budget Adjustments: Boards, Commissions, & Councils

SD American Dairy Association $341,066 SD Wheat Commission ($217,844) SD Oilseeds Council $30,190 SD Brand Board $55,518 SD Corn Utilization Council $2,659,204 Total FY2018 Increases $2,868,134

Agricultural Services

Programs:

• Agronomy
• Plant Industry
• Dairy & Eggs

FTE: 31.0 Budget: $4,475,257

Ag Services 25%

Agricultural Services

Pesticide Regulatory Program

• Registered or renewed 6,400

pesticide products

• Licensed or recertified over 3,848

commercial pesticide applicators

• Licensed 3,902 private pesticide

applicators

• Investigated 82 pesticide and

fertilizer spill/drift complaints

Pesticide Recycling Program

• Recycled 226,250pesticide

containers and 128,317 lbs. of waste pesticide

Agricultural Development

• Promotion of agriculture industry
• Constituent support
• Business development
• Finance and mediation
• Local government partnerships

Areas of Emphasis: FTE: 9.0 Budget: $1,465,719

Development

8%

Agricultural Development

• Agricultural credit requests:

212 in calendar year 2016

• Finance Counseling: 56
• Sessions: 75
• Oil/gas requests: 0
• Federal lands requests: 0
• Water Drainage requests: 1

Mediation

Resource Conservation & Forestry

• Resource Conservation
• Community Forestry
• Forest Health
• Rural Forestry

Programs: FTE: 20.0 Budget: $2,772,956

RCF 16%

Wildland Fire

• Fire Prevention
• Fire Suppression
• Wildland Fire Training
• Volunteer Fire Assistance

Programs: FTE: 48.9 Budget: $4,498,443

Wildland Fire 25%

State Fair

• State Fair planning and management
• Other events

Responsibilities: FTE: 19.5 Budget: $3,546,126

State Fair 20%

State Fair

2016 Accomplishments

• 2016 attendance: 211,271
• Total “visitorship” to the

fairgrounds: 275,000

• Thanks to the $50,000

that was passed through from the SDDA to 4-H, there were no fees assessed for 4-H events at State Fair.

2016 State Fair

2016 Accomplishments

• Historically:
• 515 projects funded since 1993
• Almost $20 million awarded to

66 conservation districts.

• Matched by more than $72

million

• This year:
• 54 grant applications received
• Requesting $1.53 million
• 42 grant applications awarded
• Totaling $811,013

State Conservation Commission

2016 Accomplishments

• In 2016, completed mountain

pine beetle surveys on:

• 28,752 acres of private

land (676 landowners)

• 4511 acres of National

Forest surveyed

• 21,840 acres of Custer

State Park

• This year, 19,213 infested trees
• n private, state and federal

lands were treated as a result

• f the state’s program.

Beating the Beetle

2016 Accomplishments

• More than 550 fires on

state, private and federal lands

• Three largest fires:
• Cottonwood: 41,360

acres

• Freeman: 18,528 acres
• Indian Canyon: 14,282

acres

• Fire assignments in 6 states
• 1 international fire

assignment

2016 Fire Season

2016 Accomplishments

• Resulted in 0 workman’s
• comp. claims
• Improved work

production by 20%

• Utilize wood vs. sending

it up in smoke

• Earnings from sale of

poles salvaged with skid steer ($12,000) used within division’s budget.

Skid Steer

Save the Date

2017 Governor’s Ag Summit Dakota Event Center Aberdeen, SD July 12-13, 2017

Questions?

Thank You!