Discovery Farms programs in Minnesota and Wisconsin have collected edge-of-field water quality information from 24 farms and 45 fields starting in 2002. A total of 112 site years of surface runoff data and 47 site years of tile flow have … Read More
Wisconsin and Minnesota Discovery Farms have collected tile drainage data from a wide variety of farming systems. Combining these datasets provides an enhanced assessment that neither state could accomplish individually. This more comprehensive dataset can help draw more conclusions and … Read More
Discovery Farms programs in Minnesota and Wisconsin have collected edge-of-field water quality information from 24 farms and 45 fields starting in 2002. A total of 112 site years of surface runoff data and 47 site years of tile flow have … Read More
The Minnesota and Wisconsin Discovery Farms Programs have recently received a Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) from United States Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service for “Developing Diagnostics to Improve Water Quality and Soil Health on Tile Drained Lands … Read More
On July 20th Discovery Farms Minnesota and Chisago County SWCD will host a free farm field day featuring a farm with a long history of no-till practices. This event will allow farmers with similar challenges and concerns to connect and … Read More
Interested in learning about innovative approaches farmers are taking to protect water quality? Please join us for a field day next week in Wilkin County. We will discuss locally collected water quality data and conservation practices that reduce losses of nutrients, … Read More
Just a reminder that applications are due JUNE 3RD to be considered for this round of participants. The Minnesota Agricultural Water Resources Center is currently seeking farmers willing to participate in the Discovery Farms Minnesota program. Discovery Farms Minnesota is a … Read More
Discovery Farms collect water quality information from the edge-of-field monitoring sites. These monitoring sites are situated at the edge of agricultural fields and collect water from areas ranging from 5 to 600 acres. There are two types of runoff collected; … Read More
Please click here for part 1 of this blog which discusses annual precipitation and it’s relationship to surface runoff. Part 2 of this blog explores why annual precipitation is poor predictor of surface runoff from agricultural fields by examining the role of … Read More
It is usually thought that higher precipitation leads to higher surface runoff from agricultural fields. However, edge-of-field surface runoff research from the Discovery Farms programs in Wisconsin and Minnesota have documented that the amount of annual precipitation is a poor … Read More