Water Quantity

Diving Deep Into Plant Available Water

Filled to Capacity Crunch the Numbers What Determines Availability References How much can we influence the plant available water in soils? Let’s break down what plant available water is and how it can be improved. Plant available water is the maximum amount of water a plant can extract from the soil. It can also be […]

Bouncing between frozen and thawed

Over the years, the University of Wisconsin Division of Extension Discovery Farms Program has shared lessons learned from nutrient applications on frozen soil. The main takeaway is that applying nutrients, such as manure, to frozen ground shortly before runoff occurs leads to greater losses.