The Ag Water Exchange blog is a place for thoughtful discussion of ideas and information on water quality and agricultural management practices. The goal of the Ag Water Exchange is to contribute to the greater advancement water quality knowledge and modern agricultural management practices.
Zero-nitrogen test strips evaluate Nitrogen Use Efficiency in corn
Discovery Farms is conducting Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) on-farm research in Pepin, Dunn, and Sauk Counties in 2019. This is the 5th year of evaluating nitrogen on Wisconsin farm fields, cumulatively now on more than... Read More
What’s in that silver box?
Eric Cooley eric.cooley@wisc.edu If you have ever driven by a Discovery Farms water quality monitoring site, you have likely seen our signature silver box that often sticks out like a sore thumb on the landscape.... Read More
What happened to spring?
Is it just me or are we not allowed to have a spring anymore? This year marks another year of late snowfalls, cold temperatures and delayed planting. In fact, on May 19, only 35% of... Read More
Tours take inside look at dairy farms and water quality
Water Matters was the theme on the June 25 and 26 water tours. This was the fourth year of these tours which provide an opportunity to see up close what farms are doing to protect... Read More
Wet unplanted land: Use cover crops to save soil, fight weeds and cycle nutrients
Kevan Klingberg, kevan.klingberg@wisc.edu UW Discovery Farms Planning for the cropping season and then getting those seeds in the ground is an endeavor that involves a lot of capital, labor and “go-time” activities. Now, due to... Read More
7th Annual UW Discovery Farms Conference
Register today for the 7th Annual UW Discovery Farms Conference set to be held on December 12, 2018 at the Glacier Canyon Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Farmers, crop consultants, agency personnel and anyone... Read More
New Life for Old Flood Structure
Kevin Kuehner – Root River Field to Stream Partnership – Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Fillmore SWCD New life has been restored to a 1950s era flood retention structure (E3) in the Crystal Creek Watershed.... Read More
Dialing in profitable nitrogen rate and timing practices
Kevin Kuehner, Root River Field to Stream Partnership, Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Jeff Vetsch – University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center When choosing the best nitrogen (N) mangement practices, farmers and crop... Read More
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