Agriculture Water Quality

The goal of this study was to improve understanding of the factors that influence runoff generation during non-frozen ground periods in small agricultural watersheds in southwestern Wisconsin where the landscapes are controlled by dolostone bedrock in order to provide agricultural producers with a manure management tool.

This study was conducted from 2004-2007 and may no longer reflect current conditions as weather, management practices, and available data have evolved. This research remains valid, but should be considered alongside more recent findings. Farms near Lake Michigan in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin were facing a tough question: how much are agricultural fields contributing to water […]

Do you know how much soil and phosphorus is leaving your fields during a rain event, or how much difference your tillage choices make from one year to the next? A seven-year study by Discovery Farms set up water quality monitoring stations at the edges of fields across two western Wisconsin watersheds to answer those exact questions with real numbers from real farms.

This study was conducted from 2002-2008 and may no longer reflect current conditions as weather, management practices, and available data have evolved. This research remains valid, but should be considered alongside more recent findings. Farming on steep, hilly land is tough. Keeping soil and nutrients out of nearby streams is even tougher. But data from […]