The Wisconsin and Minnesota Discovery Farms Programs received a Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) to monitor tile drainage for three years starting in the fall of 2017. The project was titled Improving water quality and soil health on tile-drained lands. Our … Read More
Many farmers have purchased or are considering purchasing equipment to modify existing drainage tile systems or install new ones. Owning your own equipment allows you to install or repair systems as time and money allows. Although the ability to “do … Read More
New in 2020 attend the Discovery Farms® Summit in Bloomington, MN January 7 – 8 Celebrate almost two decades of Discovery Farms research in Wisconsin and Minnesota at this two-day Summit January 7 – 8 at the Hilton Minneapolis St. … Read More
There have been 12 core farm projects in Minnesota. Two of the sites, Norman County and Wilkin County, are in the Red River of the North Watershed. While there are surface runoff and tile flow sites at other locations, only … Read More
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