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.
Latest Articles
Quantifying Nitrate Leaching from Agricultural Soils
There are several common ways to quantify nitrate leaching. Each method has different benefits and tradeoffs in terms of data accuracy, equipment needed, and time and labor requirements.
Phosphorus Losses Checked by Layered Practices and Careful Timing: A Discovery Farms Project
Discovery Farms project finds that layering practices and implementing them at specific times can reduce phosphorus loss and positively impact water quality.
▶ Nitrogen Leaching: Trends, Risks and Regional Insights
Lindsey Hartfiel explores how nitrogen moves through soil and water systems, the impact of agricultural practices, and the importance of data-driven decision-making to mitigate nitrogen leaching.
Registration Now Open for the 2025 Wisconsin Water and Soil Health Conference
Register now for the Wisconsin Water and Soil Health Conference on December 16–17, 2025, at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI.
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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
