The Agriculture Water Quality Program delivers educational content for farmers, crop advisors and conservation professionals on the relationships between ag production practices and water quality outcomes.
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▶ Watch: Diving Deeper into Tile Drainage: Installation and Conservation Practice Considerations
Video Summary The use of tile drainage in Wisconsin is growing. Tile can help dry out a wet field, yet there are water quality concerns with increased nitrates in water discharging from the tile outlet. This session will dive deeper into tile and share data on how bioreactors and other conservation practices impact nutrient losses, […]
Upcoming Event: 2026 Central Wisconsin Processing Crops Meeting
The Central Wisconsin Processing Crops Meeting is an opportunity for industry professionals, farmers, and agronomists to learn about management of processing crops. Extension specialists will share the latest updates on processing crops research and explore opportunities to improve best management practices on farms across the state. Feature talk topics: Pest Management Nitrogen Management Sweet Corn […]
▶ Watch: Economic and Water Quality Opportunities Through Grazing Dairy Heifers
This webinar discusses how to raise dairy heifers on well managed pastures to improve soil health, water quality, and biodiversity.
2025 Discovery Farms Year in Review
In 2025, Discovery Farms completed two projects, added one, and hosted many outreach events to share their data.
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Who are we?
The Agriculture Water Quality Program helps to address the water quality challenges facing agricultural producers in Wisconsin. Our Program adds support and structure for collaborations and initiatives to conduct research and education to improve water quality related to agricultural production for farmers, crop advisors, and conservation professionals.
We build on the research, knowledge, and experience of faculty and staff in Extension that have been working on this issue, including Extension’s very successful Discovery Farms® Program.
Contact our Extension Agriculture Water Quality Program team at agwater@extension.wisc.edu