Check out the press release at https://www.soils.org/news-media/releases/2009/0615/271/
New Extension Publication: Tile Drainage in Wisconsin
Hot off the press - Tile Drainage in Wisconsin: Understanding and Locating Tile Drianage Systems.
Matt Ruark (UW-Soil Science)
John Panuska (UW-BSE)
Eric Cooley (UW Discovery Farms)
Joe Pagel (Drainage USA, LLC)
NY Times article about organic dairies
Insight into the rise and fall of organic dairy.
Journal of Environmental Quality publication
Matt Ruark’s research paper, “Dissolved organic carbon losses from tile drained agroecosystems” appears in the May edition of the Journal of Environmental Quality. This research quantifies dissolved organic carbon (DOC) losses from tile drains and evaluates the relationship between drainflow and DOC concentration. DOC is typically underrepresented in landscape level carbon budgets. Results from this research indicate that tile drains can account for a large percentage of watershed level DOC flux.
Slow-release and urease inhibitor fertilizer study to begin Monday
New research evaluating the agronomic and environmental effects of slow-release fertilizers and urease inhibitors in potato production will begin on Monday, April 27th. Fields will be planted at the Hancock Agricultural Research Station. The funding for this research was provide by the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA).
Organic dairy manure
New research from USDA-ARA (Orono, ME) -
Organic farming research with Standard Processes, Inc. is underway
Seeding cover crops in organic farming systems
Organic farming research, in collaboration with Standard Processess, Inc. and Kevin Shelley (NPM) and Jim Stute (UWEX-Rock Co.), has begun! Cover crops (chickling vetch, berseem clover, and crimson clover) were planted Friday, April 17th.