As part of Discovery Farm’s Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) and Tile Drainage Projects, staff has been busy in the fields the last few weeks collecting soil health samples and measurements. Discovery Farms included a soil health piece into these projects … Read More
Greg Richardson supports Discovery Farms’ work on soil health as part of his master’s degree research. He is currently completing a joint degree in Soil Science and Agroecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and will graduate in 2018. UW Discovery … Read More
Sometimes, soil health is viewed as an all or nothing proposition. When that is the case, farms or farming practices get lumped into groups with ‘good’ or ‘poor’ soil health and discussions are developed around these groups. The narrative generally … 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