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
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
Farmers and farmland owners have long recognized that tile drainage is essential to early season planting and increased crop yields on lands that lack adequate natural drainage. Many farmers also refer to the “sponge effect”, or the ability of drainage … 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
Headlines ranging from Des Moines drinking water to Gulf of Mexico hypoxia are heightening interest in nitrate levels in tile drainage. It is more important than ever to know the nitrate levels in the tile draining your fields. To help … Read More
Discovery Farms Programs in Minnesota and Wisconsin have collected edge-of-field water quality information from 25+ farms and 50+ fields starting in 2002. More than 100 site years of surface runoff data and 30 site years of tile drainage have been collected. … Read More