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
It’s January, and we’ve already seen a variety of winter conditions. In all reality, we still have 2 months left of this mystery tour. We’ve seen snow, freezing cold temps, melting, runoff, ice, rain, fog and mud. Personally, as the … 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