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

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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

Total 2018 Budget: $49,132,222 $17,881,095 SDDA Boards & Commissions $31,251,127

SDDA 2018 Budget: $17,881,095 $ 4,816,351 General Funds Budgeted $ 7,095,723 Federal Fund Authority Other Fund $ 5,696,097 Authority

FTE Seasonal Staff, 22.9 Boards and SDDA FTE, Commissions 117 FTE, 86 Total SDDA FTE: 225.9

Staff: 117 Full-Time Office of the Secretary 10 9 Ag Development 39 Ag Services Resource Conservation 31 & Forestry State Fair 8 20 Wildland Fire

Unutilized FTE FY 2015 Unutilized, 17.4 FY 2016 Unutilized, 17.9 Utilized, 208.5 Utilized, 208 SDDA currently has no long term vacancies.

Proposed Legislation  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.

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 FTE: 31.0 Budget: $4,475,257 Ag Services 25% Programs:  Agronomy  Plant Industry  Dairy & Eggs

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 FTE: 9.0 Budget: $1,465,719 Development 8% Areas of Emphasis:  Promotion of agriculture industry  Constituent support  Business development  Finance and mediation  Local government partnerships

Agricultural Development Mediation  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

Resource Conservation & Forestry FTE: 20.0 Budget: $2,772,956 RCF 16% Programs:  Resource Conservation  Community Forestry  Forest Health  Rural Forestry

Wildland Fire FTE: 48.9 Budget: $4,498,443 Wildland Fire 25% Programs:  Fire Prevention  Fire Suppression  Wildland Fire Training  Volunteer Fire Assistance

State Fair FTE: 19.5 Budget: $3,546,126 State Fair 20% Responsibilities:  State Fair planning and management  Other events

State Fair

2016 Accomplishments 2016 State Fair  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 Accomplishments State Conservation Commission  This year:  Historically:  54 grant applications received  515 projects funded since 1993  Requesting $1.53 million  Almost $20 million awarded to  42 grant applications awarded 66 conservation districts.  Totaling $811,013  Matched by more than $72 million

2016 Accomplishments Beating the Beetle  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 on private, state and federal lands were treated as a result of the state’s program.

2016 Accomplishments 2016 Fire Season  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 Accomplishments Skid Steer  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.

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

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