The Minnesota Runoff Risk Advisory Forecast (RRAF) system is a tool developed by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the National Weather Service (NWS). It is designed to help farmers and commercial applicators determine the best time to apply manure … Read More
The Discovery Farms Minnesota 2017 Year in Review provides a summary of the data generated from 9 core farms with edge-of-field surface runoff and tile flow monitoring. The report is a general overview of the amount of precipitation, surface runoff, … Read More
Article written by Roger Toquam of Dodge County, MN and Richard Olson of Door County, WI In 2017, the Discovery Farms Programs in Wisconsin and Minnesota began monitoring water quality from tile drains. With 24 sites in each state, the … Read More
New on The WaterWay Network The Discovery Farms programs of Wisconsin and Minnesota have launched an education module titled Locating and maintaining tile drainage systems and blowouts. Upon successful completion of the module, Certified Crop Advisors will be eligible to … Read More
This the sixth post in the Gorans Blog Series about the Gorans Discovery Farm Project. You can read the previous posts here. In the last post, we explored how much sediment and phosphorus are carried in runoff and drainage water into the … Read More
This the fifth post in the Gorans Blog Series about the Gorans Discovery Farm Project. You can read the previous posts here. We’ve explored how weather impacts the amount of runoff and drainage and how nutrient input impacts yields. But for many, the … Read More
UW Discovery Farms has updated its Tile Drainage in Wisconsin publication originally released in 2013. The new edition contains clearer management suggestions, updated graphics, and references to new resources. Additional new features make it a great source to reference quickly: … Read More
This the third post in the Gorans Blog Series about the Gorans Discovery Farm Project. You can read the previous posts here. How much water is running off the landscape? A watershed is an area of land that drains to a given … Read More
Tile drainage has many benefits to agricultural production, such as improved field access and crop growth. However, tile drainage also serves as a potential pathway for nutrients to access surface water. This is especially true of nitrogen. Nitrogen is found … Read More
This the second post in the Gorans Blog Series about the Gorans Discovery Farm Project. You can read the first post here. Understanding the problem Before coming up with solutions, we first really have to understand the problem. Kim Gorans, … Read More