Video Summary
Discovery Farms® programs from Wisconsin, Vermont, Arkansas, and Minnesota come together to share their latest updates and brand-new data.
Wisconsin
Celebrating 25 Years of Wisconsin Discovery Farms Wisconsin Discovery Farms program summarizes key findings from surface runoff and tile drainage monitoring, including a comparison of tile dynamics between Wisconsin and Minnesota Discovery Farms sites and results of case studies evaluating the water quality effects of various agricultural conservation practices.
Speaker: Ellen Albright, Discovery Farms Researcher, UW–Madison Extension Ag Water Quality Program
Minnesota
What Do We Know About Edge-of-Field Water Quality on Minnesota Farms? In Minnesota, the Discovery Farms program summarizes key findings on the differences observed between surface runoff and subsurface tile drainage, and the amount and timing of runoff, sediment, phosphorus, and nitrogen loss.
Speaker: Tim Radatz
Vermont
Innovative Approaches to Addressing Nutrient Management and Water Quality Challenges in Vermont For five years UVM-Extension has been addressing water quality and nutrient management challenges in Vermont through a unique experiment with four individual watersheds in a single field to measure the effects of tile drainage and best management practices on corn yields, cover crop growth, and water quality.
Speakers: Claire Benning and Heather Darby
Arkansas
Monitoring Nutrient Losses in Runoff from Poultry Litter Applications in Rice Production A new Discovery Farm, funded by USDA-NRCS, has been established in Jackson County Arkansas to monitor the utilization of poultry litter as a soil amendment in rice production on land-leveled fields.
Speaker: Mike Daniels, Distinguished Professor – Extension Soil and Water University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service
This webinar is part of the Agriculture Water Quality Program Webinar Series.
